Opinion
Noncompete Agreements: What’s the Status of Laws Restricting Them Nationwide? (March 2026 Update)
Six months ago, in July 2025, we published a blog post providing a brief history of noncompete agreements in the United States; describing the current status of federal restrictions on noncompetes; ...
On August 20, 2024, a federal district judge in Texas issued an order that blocks the FTC’s new non-compete rule from taking effect on September 4, 2024. The ruling, which was made in the case of Ryan ...
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 ...
To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. While non-compete agreements survived two federal agencies ...
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 ...
Non-competes are bad for the American economy. Ohio has an opportunity to help lead the way to fix the problem. As the founder and CEO of Veeva, a cloud software company made possible by California’s ...
The first case involving a non-compete clause dates back more than 600 years, and they have been hotly debated ever since. A few states, including California, have banned non-competes since the 1800s.
In May of this year, the Federal Trade Commission issued a rule banning most non-compete agreements in the United States except for senior leadership earning more than $151,000 a year and win ...
To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been making waves ...
Paula McDonald receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Commonwealth Department of Treasury. Andrew Stewart receives funding from Commonwealth Department of Treasury. Australian ...
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 ...
(Reuters) -Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson has sent letters to several large healthcare employers and staffing companies to conduct a comprehensive review of their employment ...
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