Medical group leaders: the FTC may have buried its noncompete ban, but it’s sharpening its knives. Your contracts are now targets. Don’t wait to be caught off guard—rethink your agreements now. Tailor them to your market, protect your referral streams, and stay out of the FTC’s crosshairs. Strategic action isn’t optional—it’s survival.
FTC ditches a full non-compete ban, but healthcare employers still face targeted crackdowns. Physician groups, take note.
Your business exists and interfaces on multiple planes and, therefore, the far smarter approach is to explore and adopt protection on each.
The volleys in this battle move slowly–think pendulum as opposed to ping-pong. And right now, despite the appeal, the pendulum is still on the side of “state law controls”.
There’s a good chance that you can accomplish some or all of what a covenant not to compete addresses, even if the “law” says you can’t.
Despite the fact that some states have strong prohibitions against the enforcement of non-competes, there are still ways to create agreements functioning as proxies for non-competes.
What will be left after many more services are pulled out of the hospital?
I planned to buy, but as soon as I walked 13 feet into the car showroom, I knew that they’d make no sale.
Try to enjoy the ride while Mark tells you about a pharmacy’s plan to steal your patients.
Physicians, think that your competitor is Dr. Smith across the street or the hospital and its 185 captive docs? Think longer term.