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Aug 14, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Kristin M. Halsing |Erik Mosvick |Joseph C O'Keefe
While the FTC’s noncompete ban is still scheduled to go into effect on September 4, 2024, there are three ongoing legal challenges to it; and there are pending motions in all three cases that could enjoin it either nationwide or on some limited basis before then. Given the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last term in Loper Bright Enterprises v.
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Apr 30, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Allan Bloom |Steven D Hurd |Joseph C O'Keefe |Steven J Pearlman
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission
("FTC") voted 3-2 to issue a proposed final rule
("Final Rule"), which, absent a successful legal
challenge, will ban most noncompete agreements in the United
States.
Despite more than 26,000 comments from the public, the Final
Rule does not narrow the rule first proposed by the FTC in January
2023 ("Proposed Rule"), but in many ways, expands the
scope of what is considered an impermissible noncompete.
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Apr 29, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Steven D Hurd |Joseph C O'Keefe |Steven J Pearlman
Today the Federal Trade Commission voted 3-2 to approve a Final
Rule that, absent a successful legal challenge, will ban most
noncompete agreements in the United States beginning 120 days after
publication in the Federal Register.
Key provisions in the Final Rule are as follows:
New noncompetes
Banned for all workers, including "senior
executives," following the effective date.
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Apr 25, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Allan Bloom |Steven D Hurd |Joseph C O'Keefe |Steven J Pearlman |Scott H. Tan
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) voted 3-2 to issue a proposed final rule (“Final Rule”), which, absent a successful legal challenge, will ban most noncompete agreements in the United States. Despite more than 26,000 comments from the public, the Final Rule does not narrow the rule first proposed by the FTC in January 2023 (“Proposed Rule”), but in many ways, expands the scope of what is considered an impermissible noncompete.
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Apr 23, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Allan Bloom |Steven D Hurd |Joseph C O'Keefe |Steven J Pearlman
Today the Federal Trade Commission voted 3-2 to approve a Final Rule that, absent a successful legal challenge, will ban most noncompete agreements in the United States beginning 120 days after publication in the Federal Register. Key provisions in the Final Rule are as follows: New noncompetesBanned for all workers, including “senior executives,” following the effective date.
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Mar 14, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Hannah Morris |Joseph C O'Keefe
Employers who rely on artificial intelligence driven tools for their recruiting and hiring processes may face new regulations in New York and New Jersey. In the past few weeks, three bills have been proposed (two in New Jersey and one in New York) that follow New York City’s Local Law 144 (“Local Law 144”), a law that sets rules for certain automated employment decision tools used by employers in New York City, which became effective last July.
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Mar 13, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Joseph C O'Keefe |Alisha Bruce
Joining an emerging trend of legislative and regulatory
hostility towards non-compete agreements, on February 28, 2024, the
New York City Council introduced three new bills proposing
restrictions on non-compete agreements in New York City.
Int. No. 140 proposes an outright ban on non-compete agreements
for all workers in New York City.
Int. No. 146 and
Int. No. 375 focus on restricting non-compete agreements for
low-wage employees and freelance workers (collectively the
"NYC Bills").
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Mar 13, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Joseph C O'Keefe |Hannah Morris
Employers who rely on artificial intelligence driven tools for their recruiting and hiring processes may face new regulations in New York and New Jersey. In the past few weeks, three bills have been proposed (two in New Jersey and one in New York) that follow New York City’s Local Law 144 (“Local Law 144”), a law that sets rules for certain automated employment decision tools used by employers in New York City, which became effective last July.
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Mar 6, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Alisha Bruce |Joseph C O'Keefe
Joining an emerging trend of legislative and regulatory hostility towards non-compete agreements, on February 28, 2024, the New York City Council introduced three new bills proposing restrictions on non-compete agreements in New York City. Int. No. 140 proposes an outright ban on non-compete agreements for all workers in New York City. Int. No. 146 and Int. No. 375 focus on restricting non-compete agreements for low-wage employees and freelance workers (collectively the “NYC Bills”).
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Mar 5, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Joseph C O'Keefe |Angelika Munger |Sean Nalty |Benjamin Perry
Joining an emerging trend of legislative and regulatory hostility towards non-compete agreements, on February 28, 2024, the New York City Council introduced three new bills proposing restrictions on non-compete agreements in New York City. Int. No. 140 proposes an outright ban on non-compete agreements for all workers in New York City. Int. No. 146 and Int. No. 375 focus on restricting non-compete agreements for low-wage employees and freelance workers (collectively the “NYC Bills”).
