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A federal court has issued a nationwide injunction blocking enforcement of the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) new rule that would ban nearly all non-competition (“non-compete”) deals. The rule, issued on April 23, 2024...more
The Federal Trade Commission recently posted a notice on its website acknowledging that the federal court injunction issued in Texas will prevent implementation for now of its final regulations restricting use of...more
Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •Texas Court Ruling Deals Blow to FTC Non-Compete Rule - ...more
A Texas court has set aside the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) Final Rule banning almost all non-compete clauses days before it was set to take effect on Sept. 4. Ryan LLC v. FTC, No. 3:24-CV-00986-E, 2024 U.S. Dist....more
The Federal Trade Commission issued a rule that would act as a comprehensive ban on non-compete agreements. The ban would have taken effect next month, and would have invalidated non-compete provisions in millions of existing...more
The rule was previously set to go into effect on September 4, 2024. It would have broadly banned the enforcement on non-compete clauses in employment agreements for nearly all employees nationwide and required employers to...more
As we predicted back in our May post, the sky is not falling in the world of non-compete agreements. After the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued its controversial final rule on April 23, 2024, which voided existing...more
On August 20, 2024, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas invalidated the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) ban on most non-compete provisions. As we have previously advised, the FTC’s final rule...more
The FTC’s Final Rule banning non-compete clauses in employment agreements has been struck down by a federal judge in the Northern District of Texas. In Ryan LLC v. FTC (Civil Action No. 3:24-CV-00986-E), the court issued an...more
As readers of this blog know, this past Spring, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued its final Non-Compete Clause Rule (the “Non-Compete Rule”) in late April 2024, purporting to ban nearly all employment-related...more
You no doubt have heard that on August 20, a federal judge in the Northern District of Texas set aside the Rule issued by the Federal Trade Commission that sought to ban virtually all noncompetition agreements as unfair...more
On Tuesday, August 20th, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a nationwide injunction barring enforcement of the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) ban on non-compete agreements in employment...more
After a series of preliminary, narrowly decided, and conflicting court decisions concerning requests for preliminary injunctions (see August 20, 2024 Alert), a federal district court in Texas has now entirely set aside the...more
Following a split between federal district courts (federal judges in Texas and Florida ruled to temporarily block the Federal Trade Commission’s ban while a Pennsylvania court upheld it), a federal district judge in Texas has...more
On Tuesday, August 20, U.S. District Judge Ada Brown granted summary judgment, in favor of blocking the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) rule banning non-competes (the “Rule”). The Rule, which had been scheduled to go into...more
In two separate rulings this week, federal agencies were stopped from enforcing new rulemaking that would significantly remake key areas of employment and non-discrimination law. In the first of these cases, Dept of...more
On August 20, 2024, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, in Ryan LLC et al. v. Federal Trade Commission, granted Ryan LLC and the US Chamber of Commerce’s motion for summary judgment and barred...more
In the first definitive ruling on the Federal Trade Commission’s Final Rule banning most noncompete agreements, the Texas federal judge that previously granted a preliminary injunction to temporarily block the Final Rule from...more
A federal court in Texas has determined the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) final rule prohibiting most noncompete agreements is unlawful, meaning that for now, employers in jurisdictions that permit such agreements can...more
On August 20, 2024, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas granted a nationwide injunction against the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC’s”) rule banning non-competes with employees (the “Rule”)....more
We first discussed the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Proposed Rule banning noncompete agreements in our January 9, 2023, Client Alert, and again on April 25, 2024, when the FTC issued its Final Rule. The effective date of...more
On August 20, 2024, the Northern District of Texas issued its final ruling in Ryan, LLC. v. FTC on the merits of cross-motions for summary judgment, contesting the legality of the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”)...more
On August 20, 2024, in Ryan LLC v. Federal Trade Commission, Judge Ada Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas barred the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) Non-Compete Rule (the “Rule”) from...more
On Tuesday, August 20, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas struck down the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) final rule banning most noncompetition agreements. The FTC was set to start enforcing...more
The long awaited collision between the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the varied political and legal opinions on the legality of Employment Non-Compete Agreements (Non-Competes) is now moving up the ladder of...more