Noncompete Ban Thrown Out, FTC Aims to Appeal

Noncompete Ban Thrown Out, FTC Aims to Appeal

A federal court in Texas has thrown out the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) ban on noncompete language in employee contracts on the basis that the commission does not have the proper authority. An FTC committee moved in April to enact national policies against noncompete contracts that prohibit workers—including clinicians and executives—from going to market competitors or launching their own competitive businesses for a certain period of time after their contract with their employer ends. The …

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