Understand how this legal document protects sensitive information such as trade secrets, proprietary processes, client lists, business practices, and other intellectual property. What Is a Non-Compete ...

On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission announced a final rule that, if upheld, will ban noncompetition clauses nationwide. The rule, which is scheduled to become effective 120 days after its ...

Nearly two years ago, President Biden issued an executive order calling on the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) to ban or limit non-compete agreements, stating that workers should be free to take a ...

The FTC ruled this week that companies can no longer use non-compete agreements to stop workers from moving from one job to another — and businesses are having fits. Frankly, I didn’t think the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm an antitrust expert and former FTC general counsel. Apr 23, 2024, 04:16pm EDT Washington, UNITED STATES: The US Federal Trade ...

Arisa Chattasa Photo via Unsplash. Goodbye, non-competes. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission today released its final rules addressing non-compete clauses by banning all future agreements. Non-competes ...

In May of this year, the Federal Trade Commission issued a rule banning most non-compete agreements in the United States except for senior leadership earning more than $151,000 a year and win ...

For the past several years, non-compete agreements have been under attack by legislatures, agencies and regulators throughout the country. Since then, many states have passed legislation restricting ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. While non-compete agreements survived two federal agencies ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Robert Pearl covers the people, tech and business of healthcare. The CEOs of large health system are among the losers of the ...