On Friday afternoon, the Federal Trade Commission notified a federal judge in Texas who had previously entered a nationwide injunction against its sweeping noncompete ban that the agency would appeal her decision to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The judge had previously ruled that Congress did not afford the FTC statutory authority to create…
Yesterday, the Federal Trade Commission filed a notice of appeal with the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, signifying that it will ask the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a trial judge’s August 15 decision to enjoin enforcement of its sweeping noncompete ban. Should…
The Federal Trade Commission, the architects of the sweeping noncompete ban that a federal judge in Texas set aside last month, told a federal judge in Pennsylvania yesterday that an appeal of the Texas decision “would likely take months to fully brief and could take a year or longer until…
At noon ET today on Zoom, we aim to cover everything employers need to know now about the Federal Trade Commission’s blunderbuss Non-Compete Rule. (We may have a few seats left. Click here to register for this free Zoom powered by HRLearns.) If we don’t actually cover “everything” this afternoon, I wanted to highlight here three arguments from a brief…
I receive email alerts from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission that include information on upcoming webinars. Most of them cost money to attend. But every once in a while, there’s a freebie. Like this one. “Navigating Pregnancy and Nursing for Working Mothers” Starting today, the EEOC and the U.S.…
The FTC’s rule banning non-competes takes effect on September 4, 2024. Before then, employers must notify most employees that their noncompetition agreements are unenforceable. However, several pending lawsuits aim to block the rule. Although, none have succeeded…yet. What does the Rule require? What are the chances that these lawsuits will…
Do you remember that scene from Rounders, right after Mike McDermott spots Teddy KGB’s poker “tell,” when Teddy laments, “Hanging around…hanging around… kid’s got alligator blood. Can’t get rid of him.“? It feels that way, with the Federal Trade Commission’s non-compete Rule imposing a comprehensive ban on new non-competes with…
With most eyes focused on a pending lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to eliminate the FTC’s noncompete ban, local employers may have missed the news last week that Governor Shapiro signed into law a measure restricting the use of non-competition agreements in…
I’m a geek—I admit it. I get docket alerts whenever something happens in the FTC noncompete lawsuit pending in Texas, like last week when the judge blocked the Federal Trade Commission’s comprehensive ban on noncompetes—but only for the plaintiffs in the lawsuit. For now, your business must comply with the…
Since my homeowner’s insurance may not cover multitasking blog-related accidents around a lit Fourth-of-July grill, I’m not taking any chances. So, let’s address yesterday’s decision by a Texas federal judge to block the Federal Trade Commission‘s blunderbuss Noncompete Rule, which imposes a comprehensive ban on new noncompetes with all workers,…