Becker's Healthcare January 22, 2025
The fate of noncompete agreements has been in flux recently, as the Federal Trade Commission awaits change to leadership and President Donald Trump, while noncompete clauses remain the subject of lawsuits in healthcare.
The Economic Innovation Group, a bipartisan public policy organization, has compiled a summary of where noncompetes stand by state. It categorizes each ban into one of four categories relevant to healthcare:
1. Full ban: this means that states do not allow any noncompete agreements in an employment contracts, but may have exceptions for the dissolution of a partnership or the goodwill sale of a business.”
2. Income ban: States use an income threshold to determine which employees may be subject to noncompetes or may have additional...