• On December 19, 2025, the FTC announced an enforcement action against business-to-business no-poach practices and issued a proposed order that would require building services contractor Adamas Amenity Services LLC and its affiliated businesses (Adamas) to cease enforcement of their anticompetitive no-hire agreements. The order was finalized on February 12, 2026.
• This latest action, which mirrors two prior enforcement actions of the same type against Planned Building Services and Guardian Services Industries, aligns with FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson’s comments last year that the Commission would remain interested in labor market issues and would look at noncompete and other restrictive covenant agreement terms on a case-by-case basis.

The FTC’s Enforcement Action and Proposed Order

Adamas is a building services contractor that provides residential and commercial luxury properties and property managers with people and technology to perform various services, including amenities, building and maintenance, concierge, parking and valet, and security services. Adamas routinely includes no-hire agreements in its contracts with building owners and management companies across New Jersey and New York City.

The enforcement action against Adamas comes on the heels of the Commission’s first enforcement action under the Trump administration. In that action, the FTC reached an agreement containing a ten-year consent order that required a pet cremation business to stop enforcing...

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