When Bruce Linton, the co-CEO Canopy Growth -- the world’s largest cannabis company -- was forced out this summer, his departure raised the profile of a common business contract used extensively in ...

Last week, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission issued a rule banning provisions in employment contracts that forbid employees to work for a competitor after they quit or are fired. Within hours, a Texas ...

Does the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) ban on non-compete clauses apply to non-solicitation clauses? It depends. The FTC ban on non-compete clauses can apply to non-solicitation agreements. However ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule in April that will invalidate existing non-compete agreements and non-compete clauses in agreements. There is a carve-out for an EXISTING ...

Nearly two years ago, President Biden issued an executive order calling on the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) to ban or limit non-compete agreements, stating that workers should be free to take a ...

Jason Leverant serves as the President and Chief Operating Officer of the AtWork Group, an award-winning national staffing firm. A new rule by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has the potential to ...

Non-compete clauses in employment agreements typically prevent former employees from working for a competitor of the former employer for a specific period of time in a designated geographical area.

The FTC recently published its final rule prohibiting just about all non-compete agreements for all employees, with very limited exceptions. So what does this rule do, how does it affect the ...

For a brief moment, it appeared employees would no longer be locked into jobs with arbitrary, non-compete contracts. But a recent court decision has workers back in non-compete jail. I hate ...