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Arnold & Porter
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released its final rule (the Final Rule) which generally bans all non-competition clauses with workers (including employees and independent contractors) as unfair methods of competition.
Stites & Harbison PLLC
The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) was enacted last year with the purpose of protecting pregnant workers from discrimination and providing them with a right to reasonable accommodations...
Fairfield and Woods
On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") voted 3-2 to implement a final rule that will ban almost all current noncompete agreements and all future noncompete agreements.
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule banning noncompete agreements nationwide. The final rule defines a "noncompete clause"...
Carruthers & Roth
Earlier this year, we shared an Employment Law Update featuring significant developments in labor and employment in 2023, including the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
Pierson Ferdinand
In a groundbreaking decision with far-reaching implications, the United States Supreme Court handed down its decision this week in Muldrow v City of St. Louis...
Barnes & Thornburg
Employers need to make sure they are paying exempt (salaried) employees enough under federal law, because the Department of Labor (DOL) released its final rule...
Vorys Sater Seymour & Pease
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a new rule that "[i]t is an unfair method of competition—and therefore a violation of Section 5...
Smith Gambrell & Russell
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission, chaired by Lina Khan, passed a comprehensive ban on non-compete agreements.
Dechert
On April 3, 2024, the Department of Labor (the "DOL") issued its final amendment ("Final Amendment") to Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 84-14, commonly referred to as the "QPAM Exemption".
Jenner & Block
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") voted in favor of issuing its final rule which essentially bans all noncompetes going forward and invalidates most pre-existing noncompetes.
Steptoe LLP
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-2 to ban most non-compete agreements as an unfair method of competition
Mintz
Of Counsel Michelle Capezza spoke to Fiduciary News examining the objectives and implications of the Department of Labor's new fiduciary rule.
Goodwin Procter LLP
On April 23, 2024, the United States Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") issued a Final Rule (the "Final Rule") that would prohibit the use of non-compete clauses with most American workers.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has approved a final rule that would void and ban almost all worker non-compete agreements in the United States. However, the rule is already facing legal...
Perkins Coie LLP
On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-2 to ban the use of nearly all noncompete agreements in America's for-profit businesses...
Wiley Rein
WHAT HAPPENED: On Tuesday, April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued the Non-Compete Clause Rule (the "final rule" or the "rule"), which effectively bans the use and enforcement...
Brown Rudnick LLP
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule banning (with limited exceptions) employers' use of noncompete agreements. The final rule will take effect 120 days...
Frantz Ward
On Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") issued its long-awaited final rule regarding non-compete agreements. The FTC determined that non-compete agreements are an unfair method of competition.
Venable LLP
Federal agencies have been busy bees this spring, releasing multiple rules that will have a serious impact on employers' labor and employment practices.
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