In the dental industry, non-compete agreements have been a tool to safeguard a practice’s patient base and reduce the risk of employees taking valuable knowledge to competitors or to their own start-up.

With the Federal Trade Commission pushing to ban non-compete agreements, and the U.S. District Court blocking the ruling in some states, questions and confusion are escalating. Ali Oromchian, founding attorney of Dental & Medical Counsel, offers clarity on the current developments and shares considerations to make if the rule does go into effect.