Small Business Majority files a motion for permission to intervene in two lawsuits challenging the FTC’s ban on non-compete agreements

On January 13, Small Business Majority filed a motion to the United States Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits for permission to intervene in two lawsuits challenging the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) final rule that would ban the use of non-compete agreement in most cases. Given the high likelihood that the incoming Trump Administration will abandon the federal government’s defense of the non-compete rule, Small Business Majority argues in its motion that it should be allowed to continue the defense on the basis that many small businesses are disadvantaged by non-compete clauses, which make it more difficult for small firms to find and hire new talent. 

Small Business Majority previously filed three Amicus Briefs in support of the FTC’s final rule in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.