https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/01/05/ftc-noncompete-ban-lina-khan/
The FTC is moving towards a hard ban on noncompete agreements, which are inherently anti-competitive and fuck over workers.
I, personally, was recently forced to sign a noncompete agreements in order to continue being employed with a company that bought mine out.
This was a blatant attempt to try to force retention, by threatening legal action if we went to other companies within the industry.