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Non-Compete Agreements › Motion for Summary Judgment

Non-Compete Agreements are contracts, typically formed in employment or business purchase contexts, where one party agrees to refrain from engaging in a particular line of work or pursuing business within a... more +
Non-Compete Agreements are contracts, typically formed in employment or business purchase contexts, where one party agrees to refrain from engaging in a particular line of work or pursuing business within a certain industry or locale. The purpose of these agreements is to protect employers or business purchasers from competition stemming from former employees or former owners of a business. less -
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Legal Showdown Continues: FTC Appeals Court Ruling Against Non-Compete Ban

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True to its word, the FTC has appealed the ruling. Texas District Court Blocks the Non-Compete Rule - As we previously reported, on August 20, 2024, Judge Ada E. Brown, a United States District Judge for the Northern...more

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FTC Sued to Overturn Ban on Noncompetes

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The United States Chamber of Commerce and other trade groups sued the Federal Trade Commission in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas on April 24, in Chamber Of Commerce Of The United States Of...more

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Is the Delaware Supreme Court Pushing Back on Chancery’s Suspicion of Non-Competes?

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The Delaware Court of Chancery has been increasingly willing of late to strike down non-compete covenants as overbroad, a trend accompanied by a growing unwillingness to “blue pencil” agreements by narrowing terms to what the...more

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Court of Appeals Cites “Rule of Reason” Standard for Evaluation of Non-compete Restrictions in Commercial Agreements

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Last year, the California Supreme Court held in Ixchel Pharma, LLC v. Biogen, Inc., that restraints in contracts between businesses should be evaluated using the same “rule of reason” standard that courts use to analyze...more

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