Peter Spanos

Nov 14, 2024 | insights.taylorenglish.com | Peter Spanos

On November 13th, 2024, the National Labor Relations Board ruled that it is now an unfair labor practice for employers to require employees to attend a meeting where the employer will expresses its views on a union organizing drive. Such “captive audience” meetings have been entirely lawful for more than 75 years under prior NLRB and U.S. Supreme Court decisions.

Aug 27, 2024 | mondaq.com | Peter Spanos

The FTC's Rule banning employee non-compete agreements was overturned by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas yesterday. Ryan v. FTC, Civil Action 3:24-CV-00986-E. Judge Ada E. Brown granted summary judgment to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and two other associations, finding that the noncompete Rule exceeds the FTC's statutory authority and that the noncompete Rule is arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act.

Aug 21, 2024 | insights.taylorenglish.com | Peter Spanos

The FTC’s Rule banning employee non-compete agreements was overturned by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas yesterday.  Ryan v. FTC, Civil Action 3:24-CV-00986-E. Judge Ada E. Brown granted summary judgment to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and two other associations, finding that the noncompete Rule exceeds the FTC’s statutory authority and that the noncompete Rule is arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act.

Aug 13, 2024 | mondaq.com | Peter Spanos

On Wednesday, July 3, a federal district judge in Texas ruled that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is "likely to succeed on the merits" of the Chamber's claim that the Federal Trade Commission lacked legislative authority to issue rules defining unfair methods of competition. The judge suspended the FTC regulation that would have outlawed all forms of noncompete agreements effective on September 4.

Aug 9, 2024 | mondaq.com | Peter Spanos

The US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has issued a ruling upholding the FTC's authority to issue the broad ban on non-compete agreements that is scheduled to take effect on September 4. Unlike the earlier decision in the lawsuit in Texas federal court filed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (Ryan LLC v. FTC, issued July 3), the Pennsylvania judge holds that Sections 5 and 6 of the FTC Act fully empower the FTC to issue substantive antitrust regulations.