TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 24, 2024

U.S. District Judge Kelley Hodge in Philadelphia has rejected a tree-trimming company’s request for a preliminary injunction against the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) ban on noncompete agreements. Hodge said the agency has the power to ban practices that it deems anticompetitive, Reuters reports. By contrast, a federal judge in Texas earlier this month blocked the FTC from enforcing the rule against a coalition of business groups while they pursue legal challenges, but did not issue a nationwide injunction. The FTC adopted the ban in April. It estimates that about 30 million people, or 20% of U.S. workers, have signed noncompete agreements.