The FTC’s proposed ban on non-competes was blocked in court and later withdrawn in 2025.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 ...

For the past several years, non-compete agreements have been under attack by legislatures, agencies and regulators throughout the country. Since then, many states have passed legislation restricting ...

Effective 07.01.25, a new amendment to Virginia’s non-compete law expands the definition of “low-wage” employees to include employees classified as non-exempt under the FLSA. The new definition will ...

On May 7, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a final rule that effectively bans all non-compete agreements between employers and “workers” as “unfair method[s] of competition” and ...

July 11, 2024 - In October 2021, we detailed, opens new tab President Biden's renewed focus on finding ways to limit the use of non-compete agreements and restrictive covenants in the U.S. At the time ...

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 ...

Amazon has gone to court several times in the past to enforce non-compete agreements with departing employees in Washington state, home of its Seattle-area headquarters. (GeekWire File Photo / Kurt ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. While non-compete agreements survived two federal agencies ...

Nearly two years ago, President Biden issued an executive order calling on the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) to ban or limit non-compete agreements, stating that workers should be free to take a ...

For a brief moment, it appeared employees would no longer be locked into jobs with arbitrary, non-compete contracts. But a recent court decision has workers back in non-compete jail. I hate ...

On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission voted, and issued a rule, to ban non-compete agreements. The FTC took this massive step to promote competition and to "protect the fundamental freedom of ...

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