The Saga’s Not Over – FTC Appeals Florida Court’s Stay of Non-Compete Rule

Just over a month ago, employers throughout the United States breathed a sigh of relief after Judge Ada Brown in the Northern District of Texas issued a summary judgment ruling in the Ryan v. FTC litigation setting aside the FTC’s rule banning the vast majority of non-competes (the “Rule”). In that decision, Judge Brown reasoned—just as she had in her order on the plaintiffs’ motion to stay and enjoin the Rule—that the FTC violated the APA because it “exceeded its … Read the rest