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Seyfarth Shaw LLP
On May 3, 2024, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas entered an Order staying the proceedings in Chamber of Commerce v. FTC by granting the FTC's motion to apply the first-to-file doctrine...
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") passed its long-anticipated final Non-Compete Rule broadly prohibiting the use of worker non-competition restrictions.
Bass, Berry & Sims
On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted to adopt a monumental final rule prohibiting employers from entering into non-competes against all workers...
Linklaters
On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") released its final rule banning most non-compete agreements between workers and employers (the "Final Rule").
Reavis Page Jump LLP
Earlier this week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule banning noncompetes (employment clauses preventing employees from working within their field for a set amount of time...
K&L Gates
On Tuesday, 23 April 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) hosted a Special Open Commission Meeting, in which the Commissioners...
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
You are invited to listen to Episode 64 of Greenberg Traurig's Trade Secret Law Evolution Podcast, "The FTC's Non-Compete Decree."
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission decided by a 3 to 2 vote to approve regulations that would ban most non-compete clauses for employees.
Meissner Tierney Fisher & Nichols
In the business world, there is always the risk of litigation–even for small businesses. Unfortunately, as a business continues its operations...
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (the "Commission") voted to adopt a final rule (the "Rule") banning nearly all non-competes on the grounds that the underlying restrictions...
Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger
As was widely published last week, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") issued its long-awaited Final Rule which prohibits employers from entering into non-compete agreements...
Proskauer Rose LLP
While extensive high-profile strike activity was heavily reported throughout 2023, it was – striking– to analyze the hard data regarding 2023 strike activity in Bloomberg's annual report that was just released.
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
We previously wrote about the procuring-cause doctrine here. As a refresher, the procuring-cause doctrine provides that a salesperson or other agent who contracts for a commission...
Donahue Fitzgerald Attorneys
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has enacted a new rule banning "non-compete" clauses/covenants in employment agreements for all employees with the exception...
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
Following the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC's) adoption of its Rule on April 23, 2024, that struck down almost all forms of noncompete agreements (the Rule)...
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
At least three lawsuits have now been filed against the FTC to block implementation of its new rule to ban non-competes.
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has approved a new Rule which bans for-profit employers from entering into post-employment, non-compete agreements with employees.
Kane Russell Coleman Logan
On April 23, 2024, following on its proposal from last year, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") issued a Final Rule implementing a comprehensive...
Mayer Brown
For decades, many courts and legislatures at the state and federal level have largely approved the use of non-compete covenants between employers and employees.
K&L Gates
On 23 April 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-2 to approve a rule that will prohibit for-profit employers...
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