Professor Orly Lobel Authors Article in the Harvard Business Review

SAN DIEGO (May 6, 2024) – University of San Diego (USD) School of Law Warren Distinguished Professor of Law, Orly Lobel, authored an article in the Harvard Business Review titled, “The FTC's Noncompete Was Long Overdue.”

Professor Lobel writes that the Federal Trade Commission’s new noncompete rule adopts a comprehensive prohibition on the use of noncompete clauses in any U.S. industry with any worker, including those at senior executive levels. The rule is promulgated using the FTC’s authority to determine practices that are unfair methods of competition.

For those who have long argued against the use of noncompetes, this moment has been a long time coming. While the rule already faces legal challenges, company leaders would be well advised to make sure they understand what’s in the rule, its potential impact, and what it could mean for employees. Far from being an anti-business rule, the ban on noncompetes stands to spur innovation and grow markets.

Read the full article here.

About Warren Distinguished Professor of Law Orly Lobel

Warren Distinguished Professor of Law and University Professor Orly Lobel is the founding director of the Center for Employment and Labor Law.  Lobel is among the most cited legal scholars in the country and has received numerous awards in recent years, including the Thorsnes Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship and the Irving Oberman Memorial Award. Her three books have won prestigious awards and have shaped policy debates. Her newest book is titled The Equality Machine: Harnessing Digital Technology for a Brighter, More Inclusive Future.

About the University of San Diego School of Law

Each year, USD educates approximately 800 Juris Doctor and graduate law students from throughout the United States and around the world. The law school is best known for its offerings in the areas of business and corporate law, constitutional law, intellectual property, international and comparative law, public interest law and taxation.

USD School of Law is one of the 84 law schools elected to the Order of the Coif, a national honor society for law school graduates. The law school’s faculty is a strong group of outstanding scholars and teachers with national and international reputations and currently ranks 30th nationally among U.S. law faculties in scholarly impact and 41st nationally in past-year faculty downloads on the Social Sciences Research Network (SSRN). The school is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. Founded in 1954, the law school is part of the University of San Diego, a private, independent, Roman Catholic university chartered in 1949.