The FTC ruled to ban virtually all non-competes nationwide in April 2024.[16] The agency estimates 30 million workers are bound by these clauses and only excludes senior executives from the ban on enforcing non-competes.[16] The agency believes that this will allow workers to find better working conditions and pay, since switching companies, on average, provides the biggest pay raises.[17] It also allows workers to leave abusive work environments and can prevent some doctors from having to leave medicine once they leave a practice.[17] The ban was put on hold by U.S. District Judge Ada Brown on July 3, 2024, but then upheld on appeal by U.S. District Judge Kelley B. Hodge on July 23, 2024.[18][19] On August 20, 2024, a federal court in Texas overturned the FTC’s ban on non-compete agreements, which was originally scheduled to take effect on September 4, 2024.[20] U.S. District Judge Ada Brown said the FTC did not have the authority to issue the ban, which she said was “unreasonably overbroad without a reasonable explanation.”[21] Victoria Graham, an FTC spokeswoman responded to the ruling by stating “We are seriously considering a potential appeal…”[22]
Does this mean that the ruling is abolished in your whole country, or just in Texas (since only Texas rejected it)?
Everywhere (until appeal)
Oh, that’s some bullshit
Dammit I would like the ninth circuit to rule the fifth circuit unconstitutional and then have a cage match in the DC circuit to figure out for the last time who the goof circuit really is
the district court did this tho
We need to get rid of judges. They have too much power and not enough brains.
Elected judges without any vetting or prerequisites are a terrible mistake.
I mean district judge appointments are subject to the advice and consent of the senate
Oh boy.
could you elaborate
One of if not the principal functions of the 3-power division is so that each keep the others in check. Judiciary power makes sure Legislative and Executive don’t stray, and so on and so forth.
When your judiciary is beholden to the other powers, this breaks. Corruption festers.
Judiciary power can’t properly be elected by the public because It’sa technical function. It can’t be appointed by the other powers because it would corrupt it. The judiciary should be elected from within. There’s a bar exam to qualify someone to practice law. It should also be used to qualify then to vote on other barred individuals to positions within the system. Judges, DAs, district judges, Justices… the lot.
Pretty sure this one was appointed, but yeah
That’s worse. 😨
Oh they have brains. Their brains are saying “take the payout, take the payout, ethics are for poor people.”
I remember being stoked for this win. It’s so hard not to be all doom and gloom lately.
Any small W for the working class gets stalled or reversed by the judiciary.
Welcome to…well I was going to say welcome to 2025, but this corrupt shit has been going on for centuries.
Welcome to…earth. I guess.
Conservative judiciary. It’s almost always a Texas or Florida judge.
Yep, just like when Obama passed minimum salary increase, was stayed 4 weeks before go-live the week of Thanksgiving. Eventually rolled back under Trump 1 and watered down.
Unconstitutional!
That’s what all the judges are saying these days about anything they don’t like.
Because it’s ultimately decided by the Supreme Kangaroo Court.
Clearly neither the constitution nor the Bible mention non-compete agreements, so we don’t know how to approach this. /s
Thou shalt have no other gods before me
Is a non-compete agreement with God himself, ergo, non-competes are divine law. ( /s but I could see a judge making that argument )
‘Before’ is the key word there. Apparently, the bible allows to have after. Noncompetes state you can’t have after. Ergo, noncompetes are anti-bible, and should be abolished.
Very compelling argument. I look forward to the supreme Court case.
