Matthew D. Kohel and Dana Silva of Saul Ewing LLP discuss steps a company can take to protect its confidential material and ...
WASHINGTON—The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday banned employers from using noncompete contracts to prevent most workers from joining rival firms, achieving a policy goal that is popular with ...
U.S. companies would no longer be able to bar employees from taking jobs with competitors under a rule approved by a federal agency Tuesday, though the rule is sure to be challenged in court. The ...
With a single ruling, the Federal Trade Commission removed the nation’s occupational handcuffs, freeing almost all U.S. workers from non-compete clauses. The medical profession will never be the ...
Congress empowered the Commission to “prevent persons, partnerships, or corporations” from engaging in unfair methods of competition. Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (“FTC Act ...
The move could affect up to 30 million workers. Alex Brandon/AP, FILEin a move that could affect up to 30 million Americans -- one out of every five workers -- in jobs ranging from executives to ...
FTC vote marks 'the beginning of the end for noncompetes,' employment lawyer says - but the ban's future looks uncertain Federal regulators are tearing up the controversial agreements that forbid ...