Lauren Benigeri

2 months ago | mondaq.com | Andrew W. Vail |Jason Bradford |Lauren Benigeri

On December 10, 2024, President-Elect Trump named AndrewFerguson as incoming Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair. Afterearning his law degree from the University of Virginia, Mr.Ferguson clerked on the DC Circuit and for Supreme Court JusticeClarence Thomas. Mr. Ferguson then spent several years at law firmsin Washington DC.

Aug 22, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Lauren Benigeri |Debbie Berman |Jason Bradford

On August 20, 2024, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, in Ryan LLC et al. v. Federal Trade Commission, granted Ryan LLC and the US Chamber of Commerce’s motion for summary judgment and barred the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from enforcing its broad non-compete ban with nationwide effect.

Apr 26, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Lauren Benigeri |Debbie Berman |Jason Bradford

FTC Votes in Favor of Issuing Final Rule. 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. The final version of the FTC’s non-compete ban largely tracks its initial proposed rule despite receiving over 26,000 comments, many of which demonstrated that damage to businesses and innovation will result from forbidding noncompetes.

Sep 13, 2023 | mondaq.com | Lauren Benigeri |Debbie Berman

In January 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (the "FTC") issued a proposed rule that would render virtually all non-competes, including even most agreed to as part of a sale of a business, unfair methods of competition and, therefore, illegal in response to a Presidential Executive Order.