Second US judge blocks FTC ban on worker noncompete agreements

August 15 (Reuters) by Daniel Wiessner – A federal judge in Florida has temporarily blocked a U.S. Federal Trade Commission rule that would ban agreements commonly signed by workers not to join their employers' rivals or launch competing businesses, becoming the second judge to rule that the ban is likely invalid.

 

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