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District court enjoins Trump administration from dismantling CFPB

On March 28, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia enjoined the Trump administration’s leadership from dismantling the CFPB. The district court opined there were expedited efforts to shut down the agency,...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

DHS announces end of parole programs for Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan nationals

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has announced that it will terminate the humanitarian parole programs for nationals of Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. The termination will take effect 30 days after today’s...more

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Fourth Circuit Lifts Injunction on Key DEI Executive Order Provisions

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The Fourth Circuit recently lifted the nationwide preliminary injunction that had blocked federal agencies from carrying out key provisions in two of President Trump’s Executive Orders on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion...more

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Federal Court Partially Blocks Trump’s DEI Executive Orders, Adding to Compliance Uncertainty for California Employers and...

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Key Takeaways - - A federal District Court in Maryland has temporarily blocked, nationwide, portions of two of President Trump’s Executive Orders restricting DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) programs within the federal...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Federal Court Issues Partial Preliminary Injunction Halting Enforcement of DEI-Related EOs

On February 21, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued a preliminary injunction pausing enforcement of several provisions of President Trump’s DEI-related executive orders on Ending Radical and...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

SuperVision - Labor & Employment Law Insights, Issue 4, December 2024

Happy Holidays and welcome to our year-end issue of SuperVision. In this edition, we are pleased to bring you the “Top Five” biggest labor and employment issues that will impact employers for the coming year along with...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

FTC Appeals Texas Court’s Ruling Blocking FTC’s Non-compete Ban

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has appealed a ruling from a Texas district court that set aside the FTC’s rule banning non-competes with employees (the “Rule”). As we previously reported, on August 20, 2024, Judge Ada E....more

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FTC Appeals Texas District Court Ruling that Blocked Noncompete Ban to Fifth Circuit

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is appealing a Texas federal court ruling that struck down the FTC’s noncompete ban nationally, teeing the case up to be heard by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Pennsylvania Plaintiff Drops Challenge to FTC Non-Compete Rule

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On October 4, 2024, Plaintiff ATS Tree Services, LLC (“ATS”) voluntarily dismissed its claims against the FTC challenging the agency’s Non-Compete Rule. See ATS Tree Services, LLC v. Fed. Trade Comm’n, et al., No....more

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Noncompete Agreements – Employer Options and Strategies to Reduce Risks

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The federal district court for the Northern District of Texas has issued an order in the Ryan case staying the effective date on a nationwide basis the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Rules banning...more

Jenner & Block

Non-Competition Agreements; FTC Rule Status

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As we previously reported, on April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced their final rule banning most “non-competition” agreements. The FTC determined non-competition agreements were an unfair method of...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The Saga’s Not Over – FTC Appeals Florida Court’s Stay of Non-Compete Rule

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Just over a month ago, employers throughout the United States breathed a sigh of relief after Judge Ada Brown in the Northern District of Texas issued a summary judgment ruling in the Ryan v. FTC litigation setting aside the...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Update: FTC’s Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Set Aside

On May 7, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a Final Rule that renders invalid non-compete clauses in standard employment agreements. 16 C.F.R. § 910. On August 20, 2024, the United States District Court for the...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Texas Federal Judge Strikes Down FTC Non-Compete Ban

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Judge Ada Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas on Tuesday struck down the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) pending ban on non-compete covenants, concluding that the issuance of the FTC’s Rule...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Texas Federal Court Invalidates FTC’s Non-Compete Ban As Unconstitutional

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A federal judge in Texas has barred enforcement of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) new regulations, which otherwise would have banned most non-compete agreements. Holding that the FTC lacked statutory authority to...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Texas Federal Judge Strikes Down FTC Non-Compete Ban

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On August 20, 2024, Judge Ada Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas vacated the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) final Rule that the FTC enacted to ban non-compete agreements. Judge Brown held...more

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Texas Court Issues National Injunction Barring Enforcement of the FTC’s Noncompete Ban

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In a complete victory for plaintiffs, a Texas court permanently enjoined the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) rule banning nearly all employee noncompetes. In the absence of the court’s decision, the rule had been scheduled...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

FTC’s Non-Compete Ban Blocked

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Bottom line: As of Tuesday night, the FTC’s non-compete rule has been set aside, cannot be enforced, and will not become effective on September 4, 2024. As an update to our prior alert regarding the Federal Trade...more

Shutts & Bowen LLP

Breaking News: Federal Judge Blocks Nationwide Implementation of the FTC’s New Rule Banning Noncompete Agreements

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On August 20, 2024, U.S. District Judge Ada Brown in Texas issued a final order in the pending case, Ryan v. FTC, holding that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) exceeded its authority in issuing a ban on noncompete clauses....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Final Word on Final Rule? Texas District Court Eviscerates FTC’s Non-Compete Ban

On July 3, 2024, Judge Ada Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas entered a limited, preliminary injunction barring the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) from enforcing its controversial Final Rule...more

Brooks Pierce

Texas Court Issues Nationwide Ban on FTC’s Non-Compete Rule; Appeals Expected

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On August 20, 2024, a Texas federal court ruled that the FTC’s final rule banning most non-compete agreements (the “Non-Compete Rule”) cannot go into effect as scheduled. Many employers had been preparing to comply with the...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Failure to launch – Texas court grants nationwide permanent injunction, icing the FTC’s noncompete ban indefinitely

The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) nationwide ban on post-employment noncompetition agreements is no more following a Northern District of Texas judge’s ruling imposing a nationwide permanent injunction. Although a long and...more

Foley Hoag LLP

Federal Judge Blocks FTC’s Noncompete Rule Nationwide

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On August 20, 2024, Judge Brown of the Northern District of Texas blocked the FTC’s Final Rule banning noncompetes. The decision comes just over a month after Judge Brown’s preliminary injunction order, which stayed the rule...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

FTC's Non-Compete Rule Struck Down

After a summer of speculation, businesses and individuals across the country were provided some clarity as the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) rule invalidating millions of non-compete agreements was struck down by a federal...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Texas Court Issues Nationwide Injunction Striking Down the FTC Noncompete Ban

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On August 20, 2024, the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a nationwide injunction barring the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Final Rule that bans all noncompete agreements. The court’s findings...more

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