The benefits of non-compete clauses have been the subject of rigorous scholarly debate. Some scholars contend that banning ...

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Last year in April, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a rule to ban most non-compete agreements nationwide. Within hours the rule was challenged in courts across the country, and after ...

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.

Physicians and health systems have long had competing interests over non-compete agreements. The agreements, typically as part of a hiring contract, ensure that doctors can't begin working for a ...