On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission adopted a near-total ban on noncompete agreements, with limited exceptions. The following day, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups sued, seeking to block the rule...more
4/30/2024
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Confidential Information ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Employment Contract ,
Federal Bans ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Final Rules ,
FTC Act ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Regulatory Authority ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Trade Secrets
The Federal Trade Commission and United States Department of Justice recently released new guidance on preservation of electronically stored information from ephemeral messaging tools and collaboration platforms like Slack,...more
4/22/2024
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Compliance ,
Data Preservation ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Discovery ,
Electronic Communications ,
Evidence ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Google ,
Guidance Update ,
Instant Messaging Apps ,
Slack ,
Text Messages
Businesses routinely raise their prices in response to changing economic conditions and competition. Now might be a particularly dangerous time to raise prices without careful consideration of the legal consequences of...more
Several Hollywood companies have agreed to pay $170 million to settle a class-action lawsuit by animators who claimed their wages were depressed by unlawful anti-poaching agreements. The recent settlements highlight that now...more
3/10/2017
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Class Action ,
Consent Agreements ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Disney ,
DreamWorks ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Entertainment Industry ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
No-Poaching ,
Popular ,
Sony ,
Twentieth Century Fox ,
Wage-Fixing