On Tuesday, August 20, 2024, a federal district judge in Texas permanently blocked the Federal Trade Commission’s Final Rule on Noncompete Agreements on the grounds that the regulation exceeded the agency’s authority. The details of the Rule were addressed in our previous posts on April 24 and July 24, 2024. The Rule was scheduled to go into effect on September 4.
FTC spokesperson Victoria Graham advised that the agency was considering an appeal and noted that the “decision does not prevent the FTC from addressing noncompetes through case-by-base enforcement actions.” Galloway will continue to follow the developments as the fight moves to the appellate courts.
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