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US FTC's Meador says noncompete rule was 'substantively overbroad'

( September 5, 2025, 21:40 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: US Federal Trade Commissioner Mark Meador said he voted to end the defense of the agency's noncompete rule because it was "substantively overbroad and an ill-advised use" of commission resources. "Noncompetes should not be judged under a blanket rule of legality or illegality. A contextual framework — grounded in traditional antitrust principles and supplemented by the FTC’s Section 5 authority — offers a more workable approach. This approach would be more akin to treating noncompetes as being subject to a “rebuttable presumption” of illegality, with the employer bearing the burden to demonstrate that the noncompete is reasonably necessary to achieve legitimate business interests and narrowly tailored toward that end," Meador said in a statement.See attached document...

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