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Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 303: Listen and Learn -- Injunctions and Restraining Orders (Civ Pro)
False Claims Act Insights - Can DE&I Initiatives Lead to Potential False Claims Act Liability?
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Post-Injunction Enforcement — Highway to NIL Podcast
The NCAA's Response to the NIL Recruitment Injunction — Highway to NIL Podcast
NIL Recruitment Injunction — Highway to NIL Podcast
Injunctions for All – Speaking of Litigation Podcast
Podcast: The Briefing by the IP Law Blog - Jack Nicklaus Companies Landed Hole-In-One With Court’s Recent Injunction
The Briefing by the IP Law Blog: Jack Nicklaus Companies Landed Hole-In-One With Court’s Recent Injunction
#WorkforceWednesday: Employee Privacy and COVID-19, CMS Vaccine Mandate on Hold, Independent Contractor Classification - Employment Law This Week®
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 86: Tackling a California Bar Exam Essay: Remedies
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E18: ICANN Loses First GDPR Court Ruling in Germany
The FTC secured a temporary restraining order and other relief against Click Profit, LLC and related entities arising from allegations that the companies operate an e-commerce business opportunity scheme in violation of...more
On January 31, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas denied the Federal Trade Commission’s request for a preliminary injunction to block Tempur Sealy’s (the world’s largest mattress manufacturer)...more
On October 24, 2024, Judge Rochon of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) motion for a preliminary injunction to prevent Tapestry, Inc. (“Tapestry”) from...more
With further proceedings anticipated, and in light of the numerous state law restrictions on non-competes, employers should continue to act with caution when presenting employees with non-compete agreements. On August 20,...more
The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Non-Compete Rule, which was scheduled to become effective on September 4, 2024, was set aside last month by US District Judge Ada Brown of the Northern District of Texas in Ryan LLC v....more
The Federal Trade Commission’s Final Rule banning non-competes will not take effect on September 4, 2024. On August 20, 2024, U.S. District Judge Ada Brown for the Northern District of Texas ruled on the merits of the...more
On August 20, 2024, a Texas Federal Court issued a nationwide bar on the enforcement of the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) rule banning nearly all non-compete agreements (the “Final Rule”), which, as we have previously...more
If September 4, 2024, was circled on your calendar as the start of the federal government’s anti-restrictive covenant push into private employment contracts, hopefully it was in pencil. Last week, Judge Ada E. Brown of the...more
The Federal Trade Commission’s efforts to ban noncompete agreements suffered a serious blow when a federal judge in Texas issued a nationwide injunction blocking the ban’s enforcement. Implementation of the ban could disrupt...more
On August 20, 2024, a Texas district court issued a decision blocking a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Rule, which would have banned employment-related noncompete agreements....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 Decision - On Tuesday, August 20, 2024, employers throughout the country breathed a sigh of relief when a federal trial judge in Dallas struck down the FTC’s rule banning non-competes. It brought to a conclusion a...more
Eighth Circuit Invalidates Missouri's Two-Year Lobbying Ban for Former Legislators and Staffers - The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals invalidated a Missouri state constitutional amendment that imposed a two-year lobbying...more
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced the “Final Non-Compete Clause Rule” banning most post-employment non-compete clauses between employers and employees. The final rule was set to take effect on...more
A Federal Court has blocked the Federal Trade Commission’s Final Rule (the “Rule”) that was set to broadly ban nearly all forms of non-compete agreements. On August 20, 2024, Judge Ada Brown of the Northern District of...more
A federal judge last Tuesday blocked the FTC’s controversial ban on noncompete agreements. The judge’s ruling ends months of speculation and prevents the FTC’s near-total ban on noncompete agreements from taking effect as...more
Not so fast and not so final – for now. On August 20, 2024, U.S. District Judge Ada Brown in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas sided with a plaintiff group comprised of a limited liability company, a...more
As previously alerted, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) voted 3-2 this past April to publish and issue a final rule that (1) bans for-profit employers from entering into agreements with workers that impose a...more
Since it was announced in May 2024, the impending FTC ban on non-competes has been mired in controversy. The Rule, which was set to go into effect on September 4, 2024, was intended to ban nearly all non-competition...more
On August 20, 2024, in Ryan LLC v. Federal Trade Commission, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas entered summary judgment in favor of the plaintiffs and set aside the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC)...more
As expected, a Texas federal court blocked the Federal Trade Commission’s rule banning noncompete clauses. Our Labor & Employment and Antitrust Groups break down the court’s reasoning and look ahead to what might come next....more
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
On Tuesday, August 20, 2024, Judge Ada E. Brown, a United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, delivered a nationwide victory to businesses and employers across the country when she granted Ryan LLC (a...more
On August 20, 2024, a federal court in Texas granted summary judgment to the plaintiffs in Ryan LLC v. Federal Trade Commission, setting aside and rendering unenforceable the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) rule banning...more
A Texas federal court has struck down the FTC’s proposed nationwide ban on non-compete agreements, just weeks before it was set to take effect. This decision by the United States District Court for the Northern District of...more