Does your healthcare practice use employment agreements with non-compete provisions? If so, your practice may be a target of the FTC.

Healthcare, News and Announcements, Labor and Employment, Firm Articles

By: Desalina A. Williams and Jodi R. Bohr In 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC” or “Commission”) finalized a rule that prohibited noncompete clauses in employment agreements.[1] This rule sparked significant discourse across various industries. However, the rule was never enforced because a Texas federal court issued a nationwide injunction blocking the FTC’s rule…

Scrutiny and Regulation of Non-Compete Agreements

Arizona Laws, Policy, Firm Articles, Labor and Employment

  On July 9, 2021, President Biden issued an “Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy.”[1]  The Executive Order takes aim at non-compete agreements, and affirms the Biden Administration’s policy “to enforce the antitrust laws to combat the excessive concentration of industry, the abuses of market power, and the harmful effects of monopoly…