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Jul 24, 2024 | lexology.com | Jennifer Baldocchi |Carson H. Sullivan |Jessica Mendelson |Chelsea Desruisseaux |Ellen Atkinson

On July 23, 2024, the Pennsylvania Eastern District Court upheld the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Non-Compete Clause Rule (“Rule”), issued in April 2024 to prohibit most employee non-compete agreements. Earlier this year, ATS Tree Services (“ATS”), a small Pennsylvania business specializing in tree care, filed an action against the FTC challenging its authority to issue the Rule.

Jul 3, 2024 | lexology.com | Jennifer Baldocchi |Carson H. Sullivan |Jessica Mendelson |Chelsea Desruisseaux

Earlier today, the Northern District of Texas issued a ruling regarding the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Non‑Compete Clause Rule (“Rule”), which was set to prohibit most employee non‑compete agreements. In Ryan, LLC. v. FTC, Ryan, LLC (“Ryan”), the case before the Texas federal district court, a tax services and software provider challenged the Rule under several theories. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and several other trade groups joined as plaintiff‑intervenors soon after.

May 1, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Jessica Mendelson |Sarah Reeves |Carson H. Sullivan

May 1, 2024 Jessica Mendelson, Sarah Reeves, Carson Sullivan Paul Hastings LLP + Follow x Following x Following - Unfollow Contact To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: As stated in original Client Alert, on April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) adopted a Non‑Compete Clause Rule (the “Rule”) prohibiting most employee non-compete agreements as unfair methods of competition. The FTC has just announced that the final Rule will be published in the Federal...

Apr 24, 2024 | lexology.com | Jennifer Baldocchi |Sarah Guinee |Jessica Mendelson |Patrick Shea |Carson H. Sullivan |Michael Wise

On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) adopted a Non‑Compete Clause Rule (the “Rule”) prohibiting most employee non‑compete agreements as unfair methods of competition by a vote of 3 to 2. The Rule is a somewhat narrowed version of the regulation proposed in January 2023.