Editing Federal Trade Commission (section)

==== Banning non-compete clauses ====
The FTC ruled to ban virtually all [[Non-compete clauses in the United States|non-competes nationwide]] in April 2024.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Hsu |first=Andrea |date=April 23, 2024 |title=U.S. bans non-compete agreements for nearly all jobs |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/04/23/1246655366/ftc-bans-noncompete-agreements-lina-khan |work=NPR}}</ref> The agency estimates 30 million workers are bound by these clauses and only excludes senior executives from the ban on enforcing non-competes.<ref name=":1" /> 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.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Rugaber |first=Christopher |date=2024-04-23 |title=New federal rule would bar 'noncompete' agreements for most employees |url=https://apnews.com/article/jobs-employers-noncompete-agreements-economy-pay-4d7b3eb8e143cfd52025c7f2f5259fc4 |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> It also allows workers to leave abusive work environments and can prevent some doctors from having to leave medicine once they leave a practice.<ref name=":2" /> The ban was put on hold by U.S. District Judge [[Ada Brown (judge)|Ada Brown]] on July 3, 2024, but then upheld on appeal by U.S. District Judge [[Kelley B. Hodge]] on July 23, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Niedzwiadek |first=Nick |date=July 23, 2024 |title=Politico Pro: Judge sides with FTC in second challenge to non-compete ban |url=https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024/07/judge-sides-with-ftc-in-second-challenge-to-noncompete-ban-00170739 |access-date=2024-08-04 |website=subscriber.politicopro.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Wise |first1=Justin |title=FTC Gets Win on Noncompete Ban After Loss in Another Court |url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/antitrust/judge-sides-with-ftc-in-noncompete-challenge-splitting-courts |access-date=25 August 2024 |publisher=Bloomberg Law |date=23 July 2024}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hsu |first1=Andrea |title=Federal judge throws out U.S. ban on noncompetes |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/08/21/g-s1-18376/federal-judge-tosses-ftc-noncompetes-ban |website=NPR |date=August 21, 2024 |access-date=25 August 2024}}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mekelburg |first1=Madlin |title=FTC Ban on Worker Noncompete Deals Blocked by Federal Judge (2) |url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/antitrust/ftc-ban-on-worker-noncompete-deals-blocked-by-federal-judge?context=search&index=4 |website=Bloomberg Law |access-date=25 August 2024}}</ref> Victoria Graham, an FTC spokeswoman responded to the ruling by stating "We are seriously considering a potential appeal..."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kaye |first1=Danielle |title=Judge Blocks F.T.C.'s Noncompete Rule |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/20/business/economy/noncompete-ban-ftc-texas.html |access-date=25 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=20 August 2024}}</ref>