7 Areas To Watch As FTC Ends Push For A Noncompete Ban

By Jesse Coleman, Yumna Khan and Dawn Mertineit ( October 28, 2025, 4:28 PM EDT) -- On Sept. 5, effectively ending its ambitious attempt to implement a nationwide ban on most noncompete agreements, the Federal Trade Commission voluntarily dismissed its appeals in two pivotal cases — Ryan LLC v. FTC in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and Properties of the Villages v. FTC in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. ...

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