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Guest Starr Discusses The Research Behind the FTC’s Proposed Noncompete Ban (Fairly Competing, Episode 21)

1h 10m · Fairly Competing · 04 Feb 19:00

The FTC’s proposed ban on noncompete agreements (and other “de facto” noncompetes) relies in large part of the research of University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business Professor Evan Starr — one of the leading scholars in the field. Join John, Ben, and Russell as they talk with Professor Starr about the strengths … Continue reading

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