Is the FTC non-compete ban officially dead? And what does 2026 look like as federal rules fail and state laws like the ...
A discussion of the antitrust implications of non-compete clauses in agreements between employers and employees.
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
An arbitrator ruled that hedge fund Element Capital Management can enforce a non-competition agreement against former equity markets head Jonathan Dorfman, delaying his move to Squarepoint Capital.
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 ...