Judge delays ban on noncompete agreements for employees

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The judge only seems to have delayed the ban for the US Chamber of Commerce, the Business Roundtable, the Texas Association of Business, and the Longview Chamber of Commerce, but not for the companies that they represent.

This limited injunction seems a little strange by reading just the article.

Yes, I added a comment as CNN seemed to update the story + headline to indicate that as you say, the injunction is quite specific to the plaintiffs.

Oh yes. I didn't mean it as a criticism aimed at you, I was just trying to understand what the delay is about.

No, not at all! The headline and case is strange!

More information (CNN updated the story):

> Wednesday’s order limits the preliminary injunction to just the plaintiff (Ryan LLC) and the plaintiffs-intervenors, which are the US Chamber of Commerce, the Business Roundtable, the Texas Association of Business and the Longview Chamber of Commerce. However, it doesn’t extend to the member companies of those groups. “[T]he Court declines to extend injunctive relief to members of Plaintiff-Intervenors,” the judge wrote.

> Even though the court indicates that it believes the FTC lacks the rulemaking authority to issue a noncompete ban, the judge declined to issue a nationwide ban for now, Coleman said.

NOTE: I am unable to edit the caption, to reflect the updated CNN headline, @dang?

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