<div dir="auto">Nice. Maybe they will name this the "Jimmy Johns got what they deserve" ruling.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 7:11 PM Ethan via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Thanks for the update, awesome to see this happen!<br clear="all"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Sent from my mobile. Please excuse the brevity, spelling, and punctuation.</div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 7:04 PM DJPfulio--- via Ale <<a href="mailto:ale@ale.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ale@ale.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">FTC bans noncompete clauses, declares vast majority unenforceable<br>
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"In the final rule, the Commission has determined that it is an unfair method of competition and therefore a violation of Section 5 of the FTC Act, for employers to enter into noncompetes with workers and to enforce certain noncompetes," the FTC said.<br>
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Lots of people are in jobs with these clauses connected. A few more court rulings are needed to avoid the hassles of being sued if you change jobs to a competitor, unless the specific company you are leaving isn't litigious.<br>
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