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Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Federal Court Enjoins FTC From Implementing Non-Compete Ban

A federal judge in the Northern District of Texas has enjoined the Federal Trade Commission from implementing its Rule banning non-compete agreements and stayed the effective date of the Rule while the underlying lawsuit...more

AEON Law

Patent Poetry: FTC Bans Employee Non-Compete Agreements

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has voted to approve a proposed rule that would ban employers from using non-compete agreements with nearly all employees. The FTC estimated that one in five US workers is bound by a...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

FTC Moves to Strike Most Noncompetes: Considerations for Cannabis Companies

As Bradley previously reported, the Federal Trade Commission at the beginning of last year issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to effectively ban employee noncompete provisions as an unfair method of competition in...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: FTC Finalizes Near Total Ban of Noncompetes – How You Can Prepare Now

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FTC Votes in Favor of Issuing Final Rule. On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) voted in favor of issuing its final rule which essentially bans all noncompetes going forward and invalidates most...more

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FTC Bans Employee Noncompete Agreements; Challenges Underway

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On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-2 to ban the use of nearly all noncompete agreements in America’s for-profit businesses (with only a few narrow exceptions). The party-line vote comes after...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Federal Trade Commission Alters Employment Landscape Through Nationwide Noncompete Ban

As Bradley previously reported, the FTC at the beginning of last year issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to effectively ban employee noncompete provisions as an unfair method of competition in violation of Section 5 of...more

McDermott Will & Emery

FTC Issues Rule Banning Worker Noncompete Agreements

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On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-2 along party lines to ban all new noncompete agreements nationwide and render existing noncompete agreements binding most workers unenforceable. The Final Rule,...more

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FTC Issues Final Rule Banning Most Non-Competes; Legal Challenges Underway

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On Tuesday, April 23, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a proposed final rule banning most non-compete agreements between an employer and its workers. The Final Rule aims to have a significant impact on the future of...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

FTC Hopes to Ban Most Post-Employment Non-Competes

On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission announced it will be issuing a final rule that bans most post-employment non-competition agreements retroactively. Absent a court order to enjoin the rule, the ban will become...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FTC Votes to Ban Noncompete Agreements

On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) voted 3-2 to issue its final rule (“Final Rule”) banning employers from imposing noncompete clauses on their workers, approving the final rule in a special Open...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

The FTC Votes to Ban Non-Compete Agreements

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The Federal Trade Commission voted 3-2 today to approve a final rule banning non-compete agreements nationwide. The rule is slated to go into effect 120 days after its published in the Federal Register....more

Butler Snow LLP

FTC Issues Final Rule Purporting to Ban Most Non-Compete Agreements

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On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) voted 3-2 to issue a new rule that will dramatically impact employers that use noncompete agreements to protect their business interests. In January 2023, the FTC...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

FTC Bans Noncompetition Agreements

On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved on a split vote a proposed rule that bans virtually all employment noncompetition agreements nationwide. The rule was first proposed in 2023 and is scheduled to go into...more

Sullivan & Worcester

FTC Issues Final Rule Banning Non-Competes

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On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-2 to issue a final rule that, once effective, will ban noncompetition (“non-compete”) agreements nationwide. The rule, which becomes effective 120 days after...more

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Federal Trade Commission Proposes Broad Ban on Non-Compete Agreements

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a Proposed Rule which, if implemented, would prohibit employers from entering into or attempting to enter into, “a non-compete clause with a worker; maintain with a worker a...more

Flaster Greenberg PC

FTC Noncompete Ban Could Harm Buyers And Sellers In M&A

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This article originally ran in Law360 on February 10, 2023. All rights reserved.  As federal and state governments consider limiting or prohibiting employee noncompetition agreements or other restrictive covenants, the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Employment Flash - October 2020

This edition of Employment Flash summarizes key employment law issues, including the Department of Labor's proposal for determining independent contractor status, revised DOL regulations that clarify who qualifies for...more

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