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 ...

Robert Schofield, Whiteman Osterman & Hanna ALBANY — The Federal Trade Commission last week made it a lot easier in theory for certain employees to switch jobs within the same industry, but the ...

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 ...

In April, the Federal Trade Commission released its final rule banning most non-compete clauses between companies and their employees and independent contractors. Unless the rule is enjoined by 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 ...