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President Biden’s Executive Order on Noncompetes is Now Available – But There’s Not Much to It

Jul 9, 2021Sep 6, 2021

The updates keep coming, but the information does not — well, at least not quickly. President Biden’s Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy is now available, but references noncompetes in only two quick sentences throughout the 46 pages. Those two sentences provide only a bit more guidance.

Quick Update: President Biden Issued an Executive Order on Noncompetes (and other things)

Jul 9, 2021Jul 9, 2021

This afternoon, President Biden signed an “Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy,” which included pushing for the regulation of noncompetes by the FTC. Based on his comments during today’s press conference (discussed in the post), we expect that any regulation will be balanced, focusing on regulating the abuses, rather than a throw-the-baby-out-with-the-bathwater wholesale ban.