FTC Updates (Jan 2 – 13, 2023)

The FTC started the new year with a proposed new rule that would ban employers from imposing non-competes on their workers. It also announced increases to civil penalties connected to various federal provisions. These stories after the jump. Wednesday, January 4, 2023 For the first time, the FTC has taken administrative action against three companies and two individuals to stop allegedly unlawful non-compete restrictions. In its administrative complaints, the FTC alleged that the restrictions constituted…