Business groups say FTC's noncompete ban is too broad

"I wholeheartedly disagree with noncompetes at any level," said Sameer Baig, a Florida doctor who says huge health care companies use them to get the upper hand on physicians who might otherwise leave.

By Chris O'Malley | February 21, 2023 at 08:57 AM

A Federal Trade Commission hearing on the agency's proposed ban on noncompete agreements revealed a sharp divide between businesses worried that without the clauses executives could take their secrets to competitors and employees who say allowing them stifles innovation and allows employers to exploit them.

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