On August 20, 2024, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas granted a nationwide injunction against the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC’s”) rule banning non-competes with employees (the “Rule”). As we previously reported, the court foreshadowed this ruling last month when it issued a limited injunction, barring the Rule from applying only to the plaintiffs in that case. For now, employers can breathe a sigh of relief that the court has extended the injunction to all employers.
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