The FTC's ban against noncompete agreements may be under threat

Illustration by The Verge | Photo via Getty Images A federal judge could block the Federal Trade Commission's impending ban on noncompete agreements from going into effect. Noncompete agreements are intended to make it difficult for employees to switch to similar positions at other companies or start businesses of their own, and they've been a contentious issue within tech companies in particular. The ban had been set to go into force on September 4th, but on Wednesday, Judge Ada Brown issued a ...