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We continue our discussion of the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) recent final rule on various small business programs. Today, we focus on revisions to the regulations governing size protests and requests for formal...more
The wait is over. On August 20, 2024, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas blocked the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) proposed ban on non-compete agreements...more
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
In the case of Ryan LLC v. Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al., Judge Ada Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued an order with “nationwide effect” on August 20,...more
On August 20, 2024, in Ryan LLC v. Federal Trade Commission, a district court in the Northern District of Texas held “unlawful and set[] aside” the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Non-Compete Rule, 16 C.F.R. § 910.1–.6. That...more
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
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
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
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
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
On August 20, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Ryan, LLC et al. v. Federal Trade Commission, granted the plaintiffs’ motions for summary judgment and found the Federal Trade Commission’s ban on...more
As expected, a Texas federal court issued a ruling on August 20, 2024, declaring that the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC’s”) new rule purporting to ban nearly all noncompete agreements shall not “take effect on its...more
The FTC’s near-total ban on non-competes was scheduled to take effect on September 4, 2024. With just weeks to go, a Texas court has set aside the rule and ordered that it will not take effect at all. (Earlier this summer,...more
Yesterday afternoon (August 20, 2024), the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas blocked the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Final Rule banning most non-competition agreements between employers and...more
A federal district court in Texas has set aside the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) final rule that bans most noncompetition agreements (the Noncompete Rule). The final rule was scheduled to go into effect on September 4,...more
Yesterday, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas set aside the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) rule banning most noncompete agreements (the Noncompete Rule). As a result, the Noncompete Rule...more
On August 20, 2024, the federal district court for the Northern District of Texas, in Ryan LLC v. Federal Trade Commission [FTC] (opinion found here), “set aside” with nationwide effect, the FTC “Non-Compete Rule.” The...more
On June 6, 2024, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) published a direct final rule eliminating self-certification for service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSB) when considering contracts for agency...more
The final rule revises and clarifies numerous provisions in the Small Business Administration’s regulations. SBA revised the limitation on subcontracting rules for set-aside service contracts by excluding direct costs such...more