What Steps Employers Should Consider as FTC Noncompete Ban Effective Date Nears – and Legal Challenges Fail to Halt It

As reported in prior Alerts (on January 6, 2023; April 19 and 23, 2024; and July 3 and 24, 2024), after initially proposing the rule in January 2023, in April 2024 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-2 to approve a final rule: Banning noncompete agreements with virtually all workers 120 days after publication in the Federal Register (i.e., on September 4, 2024); Invalidating existing noncompetes … Continue reading “What Steps Employers Should Consider as FTC Noncompete Ban Effective Date Nears – and Legal Challenges Fail to Halt It”