The month before it was scheduled to take effect in 2024, a federal district court in Texas enjoined the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) non-compete rule that effectively banned employers' use of ...
In August 2024, a Texas federal court struck down a broad Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rule that would have banned the vast majority of employee non-competition agreements. While this means that ...
The FTC continues to focus significant resources on noncompetes, even after dropping its proposed nationwide ban on ...
FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson warns Mortgage Connect over broad noncompetes after a Pennsylvania case, citing Section 5 scrutiny.
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The commission’s decision represents an effective end to what some described as an ambitious, if not complicated, rulemaking effort. Federal judges in Texas and Florida issued injunctions on the ...
Sept. 11 (UPI) --The Federal Trade Commission announced it has urged healthcare employers and related staffing companies to remove illegal non-compete agreements from contracts. "Enforcement against ...
The FTC planned to ban all noncompete agreements but abandoned that effort after courts ruled it lacked authority. Now, it focuses on targeted enforcement against specific violations. The agency also ...
The Federal Trade Commission has officially ended its effort to enact a nationwide ban on non-compete agreements, marking the death of one of the Biden administration’s most ambitious labor ...
The American Economic Liberties Project, a progressive think tank seeking to ingratiate itself with populists on the right, lashed out at Federal Trade Commissioner (FTC) Andrew Ferguson for ...