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While we’ve all turned our attention to the FTC’s proposed rule to ban noncompetes, the clock has been running on the public comment periods for the proposed consent orders in the three noncompete enforcement actions announced by the FTC at the beginning of the year. Today, the FTC has publicly released the final order in one of them. The others should be coming soon. And, as we said before, this is likely just the beginning. Make sure that you are not engaging in behavior that is likely to elicit another.

U.S. Senators Warren and Whitehouse ask the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for information concerning the Chamber’s objection to the FTC’s authority for a proposed ban on noncompetes.

Members of the House Committee on the Judiciary, sent a letter to the FTC challenging the FTC’s authority to promulgate the proposed rule, and demanding that the FTC provide documents and information related to it. Read the details here.

The FTC’s public forum on its proposed rule banning noncompetes was today, and it was a doozy! Here is a summary.

The FTC’s public forum on its proposed rule banning noncompetes was today, and it was a doozy! Here is a summary.

Reminder: the FTC’s “public forum” on its proposed noncompete ban is today from noon to 3:00 PM ET. All the details you need are here.

On February 16, 2023 (from noon to 3:00 PM ET), the FTC will be holding a “public forum” on its proposed noncompete ban. If you are interested in speaking at it, you will need to reserve a spot.

Forty-seven state legislatures as well as Washington, D.C. – with the approval of Congress – have spent years honing their noncompete laws to fit their local communities and industries. In one fell swoop, three Commissioners at the FTC are proposing to undo all of it. With it, they will also eliminate the use of a broad swath of nondisclosure, nonsolicitation, no-service, no-recruit, and no-hire agreements. Companies have six things they need to do now.

US Rep Spartz sent a brief letter to the FTC raising concerns about the proposed rule to ban noncompetes.