A federal judge recently blocked the FTC's ban on noncompetes. The decision has important implications for healthcare.

For decades, noncompete employment agreements have prevented all sorts of workers — doctors, engineers, even hair stylists — from easily switching jobs. That was set to change in early September after the US Federal Trade Commission approved a near-total ban on such provisions,

A Trump-appointed judge in Texas blocked a Biden administration rule that bans noncompete agreements, teeing up a possible appeal that's unlikely to save the ban.