https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/08/20/noncompete-ban-injunction-texas/ “An estimated 30 million U.S. workers in a wide range of fields are subject to noncompete agreements.
“The FTC in April voted 3-2 to issue the rule… pointing to evidence that the agreements suppress wages, stifle entrepreneurship and gum up labor markets. …the rule would have made it illegal for employers to include the agreements …and invalidated existing clauses for most workers subject to them.”