FTC Abandons Non-Compete Rule: Implications for the Future of Non-Competes and Their Enforceability

The FTC’s proposed ban on non-competes was blocked in court and later withdrawn in 2025. However, the agency continues to scrutinize non-competes through enforcement, industry outreach, and supporting ...
IPWatchdog

New FTC Rule on Non-Compete Agreements: How to Prepare, Whether or Not the Rule Goes into Effect

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule in April that will invalidate existing non-compete agreements and non-compete clauses in agreements. There is a carve-out for an EXISTING ...
HRD America

Delaware court kills company's 68-country non-compete over profits interests

Delaware court tosses worldwide non-compete spanning 68 countries, finding profits interests insufficient to ban employee ...

Is eliminating noncompete clauses cure SC needs for doctor shortage?

Some lawmakers want to ban noncompete contracts for physicians. The change could improve patient and doctor relationships ...
Financial Advisor

Hightower Sued By Advisor Over Non-Compete Clause

A former Hightower advisor is suing the firm, alleging that the non-compete agreement he signed is so sweeping that it’s restricting his ability to gain further employment. Darren Reinig, a resident ...
Times Union

Federal ruling bans non-compete clauses for most workers but rule is challenged in court

Robert Schofield, Whiteman Osterman & Hanna ALBANY — The Federal Trade Commission last week made it a lot easier in theory for certain employees to switch jobs within the same industry, but the ...
JD Supra

FTC’s Final Rule on Non-Compete Clauses: Implications & Considerations

Non-compete clauses have long been a contentious issue in employment agreements, with concerns raised about their potential to stifle competition and limit employee mobility. On April 23, 2024, the ...
Seeking Alpha

FTC votes to ban non-compete clauses

The Federal Trade Commission voted to ban non-compete clauses. The regulator voted 3-2 to ban non-compete agreements. Under the FTC’s new rule, existing noncompetes for the vast majority of workers ...
JD Supra

Does the FTC Non-Compete Ban Apply to Non-Solicitation Clauses Too?

Does the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) ban on non-compete clauses apply to non-solicitation clauses? It depends. The FTC ban on non-compete clauses can apply to non-solicitation agreements. However ...
Financial Advisor

Facing The Dreaded Non-Compete Clause? There Are Remedies.

Exactly how hard is it for a next-gen advisor unhappy with their firm to pack up and move elsewhere, clients in tow? It depends, and more than one would think. Employment contracts vary wildly among ...
Washington Technology

FTC non-compete ban has broad impact, but faces multiple challenges

The FTC recently published its final rule prohibiting just about all non-compete agreements for all employees, with very limited exceptions. So what does this rule do, how does it affect the ...
Entrepreneur

What Is a Non-Compete Agreement?

Understand how this legal document protects sensitive information such as trade secrets, proprietary processes, client lists, business practices, and other intellectual property. What Is a Non-Compete ...