In May of last year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sought to ban non-compete agreements in most employment contracts. Franchise agreements were an exception. However, before the rule could take ...

Medical device maker Stryker Corp. won’t have to defend a proposed class action alleging its employee non-compete agreements violate Washington state law, a federal court said.

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

U.S. District Judge Ada Brown ruled the FTC could not use its power to completely ban noncompetes. The decision immediately sparked controversy. Some ASC leaders and other healthcare providers saw the ...

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 ...

Florida recently passed a new bill on a hotly debated legal issue: non-compete bans. Several states, including California, North Dakota, and Wisconsin, currently have outright bans against these ...

On this Ropes & Gray podcast, licensing and collaboration partner Hannah England and antitrust partner Lisa Kaltenbrunner discuss how EU antitrust rules impact non-competes and other exclusivity ...

"I don't think we should be putting up barriers to work in the state of Vermont," Bartley said. "That's not the Vermont way." ...

DULUTH — Aspirus St. Luke’s is prohibited from enforcing the non-competition provisions of its employment agreement with Dr. Nyasha Spears as she pursues a private direct primary care practice ...

In January 2026, the FTC held a workshop entitled “Moving Forward: Protecting Workers from Anticompetitive Noncompete Agreements,” where it outlined the agency’s enforcement strategy. The FTC ...

Ryan Johnson worked for a pest control company in Charleston County for seven years. When he wanted to change jobs for better pay to a different company in Columbia, he had a surprise from his former ...

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