We first posted about the FTC’s position on noncompete agreements on 6 June 2023:  Non-compete clauses in agreements likely violate federal law.  Then, the FTC has adopted a new rule effectively banning noncompete agreements in the US.  See
https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/browse/rules/noncompete-rule (reported in our 9 May 2024 post). Now, a federal judge has declared the rule to be unenforceable. See RYAN LLC v. FTC, NDTX (Civil Action No. 3:24-CV-00986-E 8/20/2024).

If you need help revising agreements to remove noncompete clauses and replacing them where possible with non disclosure clauses and trade secret clauses, please contact one of the patent attorneys at Garvey, Smith & Nehrbass, Patent Attorneys, L.L.C.

Seth Nehrbass, Patent Attorney, New Orleans, 2 December 2024, SNehrbass@patents.gs, 504-813-8815.