> the FTC failed to justify why it had banned virtually all non-competes instead of “instead of targeting specific, harmful non-competes”.
I wonder how the FTC would do that? "Targetting specific..." sounds to me like addressing people's contracts individually. That is a job for a lawyer not a commission (I am not a lawyer - I know little...).
The FTC does persue specific non-competes. My understanding is that this is because the non-compete harms the general market (by reducing talent available) as well as individual employees (by limiting them), so the public in some sense has a right to sue too.
I wonder how the FTC would do that? "Targetting specific..." sounds to me like addressing people's contracts individually. That is a job for a lawyer not a commission (I am not a lawyer - I know little...).