The benefits of non-compete clauses have been the subject of rigorous scholarly debate. Some scholars contend that banning ...

On April 23, 2024, in a three-to-two public vote, a divided Federal Trade Commission (FTC) upheld a final rule on the proposed ban to render non-compete clauses unenforceable in the United States. In ...

Last week, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission issued a rule banning provisions in employment contracts that forbid employees to work for a competitor after they quit or are fired. Within hours, a Texas ...

On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted to issue a Non-Compete Clause Rule that would ban most non-compete clauses in agreements between businesses and their “workers.” The final ...

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 ...

Non-compete clauses are a thing of the past thanks to a new ruling from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The FTC issued a rule to ban non-compete clauses for employees, according to a release from ...

A Wisconsin appeals court has thrown out a clinic's retirement-plan non-compete, putting employers on notice over forfeiture clauses tucked inside benefits plans. Burt J. Steffes joined Fond du Lac ...

California’s new restrictions on non-compete agreements, which took effect on January 1 in the form of two separate statutes, prohibit employers from entering into or enforcing non-compete agreements ...

The Federal Trade Commission’s ban on non-compete contract clauses may not be a seismic shock to the wealth management space but would principally affect advisors in the bank and wirehouse world as ...

Arisa Chattasa Photo via Unsplash. Goodbye, non-competes. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission today released its final rules addressing non-compete clauses by banning all future agreements. Non-competes ...

When Bruce Linton, the co-CEO Canopy Growth -- the world’s largest cannabis company -- was forced out this summer, his departure raised the profile of a common business contract used extensively in ...

Physicians and health systems have long had competing interests over non-compete agreements. The agreements, typically as part of a hiring contract, ensure that doctors can't begin working for a ...