FTC’s Rule Banning Non-Compete Agreements Is “Set Aside” Nationwide in District Court Ruling, But Two District Courts Find FTC Likely Has Authority to Issue Rules Prohibiting Unfair Methods of Competition

Reprinted from: Quorum | September 20, 2024

The Federal Trade Commission’s (the FTC) rule prohibiting the entering into or enforcement of non-compete clauses between employers and employees (the Non-Compete Rule) made final in April 2024 and originally scheduled to go in effect on September 4, 2024, was recently “set aside” by the district court in Ryan, LLC v. Federal Trade Commission.

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