The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is seeking to ban nearly all employee non-compete agreements in the United States [see April 25, 2024 Alert]. Almost immediately after the FTC issued its final rule, lawsuits challenging that attempt were filed in several courts around the country. On July 3, 2024, the first court ruling in those lawsuits held, on a preliminary basis, that the FTC likely did not have the authority to issue such a sweeping rule [see July 10, 2024 Alert]. The United States Distri...