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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) issued a final rule banning employers from enforcing non-compete agreements. Legal challenges—including from Ryan, a global tax firm—soon followed ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

While the decision to ban non-competes occurred months ago, the ongoing discussion surrounding this topic persists. Recently, I conducted a survey on LinkedIn to see the opinions of my professional ...

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 ...

Non-compete clauses, which limit the professional activity of the employee following the termination of an employment contract, are significantly present in the US labor market, characterized by high ...