Jonathan Harris (’10), Associate Professor of Law at Loyola Law School, was quoted in a New York Times article on the recent preliminary injunction on the Federal Trade Commission’s pending ban on noncompete provisions (“Judge Backs Challenge to F.T.C.’s Noncompete Ban, at Least for Now,” Jul. 3). Jonathan discussed how the injunction followed last month’s ruling by a National Labor Relations Board (N.L.R.B.) judge that a noncompete clause is an unfair labor practice and last year’s memo in which the N.L.R.B’s general counsel discussed noncompete provisions as violating the National Labor Relations Act. “It’s one thing to get a guidance memo from the general counsel, which is significant and important. . . . And it’s another thing to see the adjudication side of the N.L.R.B. agree with her.” He also noted how noncompetes chill labor organizing, as “the consequences of being fired for organizing become that much greater if you can’t get another job afterwards,” Jonathan said.
