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2013 Interim Executive Compensation Rule Finalized

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 06.06.14

On May 30, 2014, the government adopted as final, without change, the interim rule published on June 26, 2013, that expanded the Office of Federal Procurement Policy cap on executive compensation to all contractor personnel working on DoD, NASA, and Coast Guard contracts, pursuant to section 803 of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY12. The final rule rejected comments contesting the retroactive application of the expanded cap and made clear that it applies to compensation costs incurred starting on January 1, 2012, for contract awards on or after December 31, 2011.


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Client Alert | 8 min read | 09.09.25

FTC Stops Defending Rule Banning Noncompete Agreements, Opting Instead for “Aggressive” Case-by-Case Enforcement

On September 5, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) withdrew its appeals of decisions issued by Texas and Florida federal district courts, which enjoined the FTC from enforcing a nationwide rule banning almost all noncompete employment agreements. Companies, however, should not read this decision to mean that their noncompete agreements will no longer be subjected to antitrust scrutiny by federal enforcers. In a statement joined by Commissioner Melissa Holyoak, Chairman Andrew Ferguson stressed that the FTC “will continue to enforce the antitrust laws aggressively against noncompete agreements” and warned that “firms in industries plagued by thickets of noncompete agreements will receive [in the coming days] warning letters from me, urging them to consider abandoning those agreements as the Commission prepares investigations and enforcement actions.”...