The Open Markets Institute commended Texas-based worker Ric Davidson, his counsel at Gustafson Gluek, Burns Charest, and Towards Justice for stepping in to defend the Federal Trade Commission’s landmark ban on non-compete clauses—an essential policy to protect workers’ freedom to change jobs and start new businesses.
Read MoreLegal director Sandeep Vaheesan co-authors a piece with Alvero Bedoya, former commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission, and current Senior Adviser at the American Economic Liberties Project, arguing that the Trump administration’s suspension of the FTC’s non-compete ban represents a major setback for American workers, reversing one of the most significant pro-labor reforms in decades and reinforcing corporate control over the labor market.
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