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Federal judge partially blocks U.S. ban on noncompetes
A federal judge in Texas has partially blocked the government's ban on noncompetes. An estimated 30 million U.S. workers are subject to the employment agreements.
toggle caption Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images A federal court in Texas has partially blocked the government’s ban on noncompete agreements that was set to take effect September 4. In requesting relief, Ryan, the tax services firm, had argued that the ban on noncompetes would inflict "serious and irreparable injuries" on its business, including by putting its confidential information at risk and enabling its competitors to poach valuable employees, whose knowledge and training would go out the door. At the Boyne Area Free Clinic in northern, rural Michigan, medical director and family physician James Applegate has been hoping the ban will take effect on Sept. 4, as originally scheduled.
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