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Aug 28, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Michael Drab |G. Scott Fiddler
The DecisionOn Tuesday, August 20, 2024, employers throughout the country breathed a sigh of relief when a federal trial judge in Dallas struck down the FTC’s rule banning non-competes. It brought to a conclusion a tumultuous and chaotic summer that had turned employers and workers into court-watchers.
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Michael Drab |G. Scott Fiddler
The RulingOn July 3, 2024, a federal court in the Northern District of Texas issued an injunction against enforcement of the Federal Trade Commission’s rule banning non-compete agreements (the “Rule”). The Rule was to become effective September 4, 2024. The Court has stated it intends to issue a ruling on the merits on August 30, 2024, less than a week before the Rule is scheduled to take effect.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
jw.com | G. Scott Fiddler |Michael Drab
By G. Scott Fiddler and Michael DrabThe RulingOn July 3, 2024, a federal court in the Northern District of Texas issued an injunction against enforcement of the Federal Trade Commission’s rule banning non-compete agreements (the “Rule”). The Rule was to become effective September 4, 2024. The Court has stated it intends to issue a ruling on the merits on August 30, 2024, less than a week before the Rule is scheduled to take effect.
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Apr 25, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Michael Drab |G. Scott Fiddler
On April 23, 2024, in a 3 to 2 vote, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted to implement its final rule prohibiting non-compete agreements in the workplace.
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Apr 25, 2024 | 
jw.com | G. Scott Fiddler |Michael Drab
By G. Scott Fiddler and Michael DrabOn April 23, 2024, in a 3 to 2 vote, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted to implement its final rule prohibiting non-compete agreements in the workplace.
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May 3, 2023 | 
jdsupra.com | Michael Drab
On April 25, 2023, the Indiana Senate passed an amendment banning non-compete agreements with primary care physicians (defined as physicians practicing family medicine, general pediatric medicine, and internal medicine) executed on or after July 1, 2023. The current version, originally introduced as an outright ban, represents a series of compromises between the Indiana House and Indiana Senate. Governor Eric Holcomb is expected to sign the bill into law.
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May 1, 2023 | 
jw.com | Michael Drab
By Michael A. DrabOn April 25, 2023, the Indiana Senate passed an amendment banning non-compete agreements with primary care physicians (defined as physicians practicing family medicine, general pediatric medicine, and internal medicine) executed on or after July 1, 2023. The current version, originally introduced as an outright ban, represents a series of compromises between the Indiana House and Indiana Senate. Governor Eric Holcomb is expected to sign the bill into law.
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Apr 10, 2023 | 
jw.com | G. Scott Fiddler |Michael Drab |Daniel Vineyard |Tyler Self
Jennifer Wertz on Her Path Toward RestructuringAfter spending four years as a bilingual kindergarten teacher, Jennifer Wertz intended to practice immigration law, an area in which she saw a need while teaching. But her unexpected love for learning contracts during her first year of law school coupled with the bankruptcy filing of Lehman Brothers in her first month of law school refocused her attention to an area she had never considered: bankruptcy and restructuring.
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Feb 14, 2023 | 
law.com | G. Scott Fiddler |Michael Drab |Angela Turturro
On Jan. 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission proposed a rule that would prohibit non-compete agreements in every workplace in the United States and greatly limit their use in business transactions. The proposed rule has us imagining a Texas without non-competes, asking how we got here, and how the FTC’s proposed rule might affect Texas businesses.
