By  Adrianne Appel2024-05-01T21:07:00
Adrianne Appel2024-05-01T21:07:00
 
      Companies would be wise to prepare to comply with the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) rule to ban noncompete clauses, despite legal challenges that might delay or prevent it taking effect altogether.
The final rule, issued April 23, would ban most noncompete clauses in employee contracts by September. The clauses impede competition and violate Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, the FTC said.
An estimated 30 million U.S. employees across many sectors have been required to sign the clauses, which generally prohibit them from taking a job with another company based on region or industry for some amount of time after leaving employment. This restriction keeps talent out of the job pool and hampers innovation, said FTC Chair Lina Khan following a 3-2 vote on the rule along party lines.
 
                
                2025-07-24T14:33:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Companies in Florida may want to revise noncompete agreements made with highly compensated employees to take advantage of provisions in Florida’s new noncompete law, which took effect July 1.
 
                
                2024-08-21T19:38:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
A federal judge struck down the ban on noncompete clauses by the Federal Trade Commission that was set to take effect in September.
 
                
                2024-05-14T19:33:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Staff at the Federal Trade Commission offered several steps businesses can take to comply with the agency’s upcoming ban on employee noncompete clauses.
 
                
                2025-10-30T19:39:00Z By Neil Hodge
Companies could face significant compliance challenges in trying to meet new EU legal requirements about how companies share data with third parties.
 
                
                2025-10-27T20:16:00Z By Adrianne Appel
California has delayed the release of draft greenhouse gas reporting rules for businesses until early 2026, the California Air Resources Board said.
 
                
                2025-10-27T19:06:00Z By Neil Hodge
New rules that have recently come into effect across the EU will allow for greater transfers of data between companies, though experts fear the changes could conflict with Europe’s strict privacy legislation, which protects personal information.
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