The Federal Trade Commission Seeks to Ban Non-Compete Clauses

In July 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order encouraging the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) to consider exercising its rulemaking authority to “curtail the unfair use of non-compete clauses and other clauses or agreements that may unfairly limit worker mobility.”[1] On January 5, 2023, the FTC issued a press release stating that non-competes in employment…