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FTC proposed new rule that would prevent employers from entering non-compete agreements with their employees. Non-compete agreements prohibit employees from working for a competing employer or starting a competing business, typically within a set geographic area.

Quitting a job for a better offer is non-unionized workers’ best, and often only, trump card. Noncompete agreements take that power away.

​For about the last four years, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has been studying, investigating, holding various public workshops and soliciting input regarding the...

On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) announced a notice of proposed rulemaking that would ban employers from entering non-compete agreements with their employees.

On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-1 to propose the Noncompete Clause Rule (the rule), which would ban essentially all noncompete clauses that employers...

The Federal Trade Commission continues to focus on labor-market competition issues with a set of settlements based on its newly asserted FTC Act Section 5 “stand alone” authority, and a...

Federal Trade Commission continues to focus on labor-market competition issues with set of settlements based on newly asserted FTC Act Section 5 stand alone authority. The proposed rule would ban almost all non-compete provisions in employment relationships.

Over the past week, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) took a major step to expand competition policy deeper into labor markets. That identified…

Over the past week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) took a major step to expand competition policy deeper into labor markets. On July 9, 2021…