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Hah. The judge even said that even if the FTC had the jurisdiction and authority to do this, it still "had not justified" it.

Not only do you need to have the jurisdiction and authority, but some random judge can decide you haven't justified it to her liking and block it anyway.

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That's how our legal system has been allowed to operate all the way down to civil court unfortunately. I've seen much the same happen first hand in civil matters. I've also seen a person convicted of a crime when the case took 4 years to be tried, a charge that had max of 1 year in jail mind you, and the only evidence offered was eye witness testimonials that disagreed with each other and photos of the scene (aka a room) taken days before trial and having nothing to do with the crime in question.

Our legal system is far from infallible.

Forum shopping at its best, glad Texas is setting a great example here, showing that if you have enough money you can do everything.

The way I read it the judge said it was too broad.

I can’t help but appreciate the irony as someone who has been forced into numerous non-competes that were too broad. In Texas, nonetheless.

But they judge shopped for this. It makes a mockery of our system.

If it was within their authority[1], then it is of no relevance what a particular judge thinks of its scope.

[1] Acknowledging that in this case, the judge also believes it's not within their authority.

Rulings, and the agencies that make them, have very little legislative authority after Chevron’s collapse.

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