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Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

So the FTC Banned Non-Competes… What Does This Mean For Your IP?

The FTC recently found that non-compete agreements are an unfair method of competition, and issued a final ruling that bans non-compete agreements. The commission predicts the nationwide ban will encourage innovation,...more

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Does Arkansas Recognize the Doctrine of Inevitable Disclosure?

Does Arkansas recognize the doctrine of inevitable disclosure in the context of trade secret issues? In some circumstances, yes...more

Payne & Fears

2023 Key Legislative Developments: Discrimination, Retaliation, and Harassment in Employment

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Existing law prohibits a person from discharging an employee or in any manner discriminating, retaliating, or taking any adverse action against any employee or applicant for employment because the employee or applicant...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Stay ADvised: Brand Protection & Advertising Law News - August 2023 - 2

Kardashian Kopycat? Energy Drink Company Claims Competitor Stole Kim's Copyrighted Look - The Instagram posts look nearly identical, in a blink-and-you'll-miss-the-difference kind of way—or so says the complaint filed by...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

EU Foreign Subsidy Regulation applies to US and multinational companies active in the EU as of July 2023, and disclosure of tax...

Beginning July 12, 2023, the European Commission (Commission) may begin “ex officio” investigations of financial contributions that companies receive from non-EU governments. The Commission may request information or conduct...more

Hogan Lovells

Higher Regional Court of Karlsruhe: Links hidden as "tap tags" are to be labelled as advertising

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A well-known German influencer has to mark her posts on Instagram as advertising if she uses so-called “tap tags” to link her posts with the Instagram profiles of other brands. This was recently decided by the Higher District...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

California’s BOT Disclosure Law, SB 1001, Now In Effect

The B.O.T. (“Bolstering Online Transparency”) Act, enacted last year pursuant to SB 1001, has gone into effect in California. As of July 1, it is unlawful for a person or entity to use a bot to communicate or interact online...more

Jones Day

Japan Legal Update - Volume 45 | March 2019

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Finance - Cabinet Office Ordinance on Corporate Disclosure Requirements Amended - On January 31, 2019, the Financial Services Agency of Japan published amendments to the Cabinet Office Ordinance on the Disclosure of...more

Proskauer - New Media & Technology

City Attorney of Los Angeles Sues Popular Weather App Claiming Deceptive Collection and Sharing of Geolocation Data

Yesterday January 3, 2019, Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer filed an unfair competition lawsuit on behalf of the People of the State of California against the operator of the popular Weather Channel app (“TWC app”) for...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Does Amgen Have Viable State Law Claims Against Sandoz Arising From The Zarxio Biosimilar Patent Dispute?

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In Sandoz Inc. v. Amgen Inc. (which you can read more about here), the Supreme Court held that 42 USC § 262(l)(9)(C) sets forth the exclusive federal remedy for failing to provide a copy of the biosimilar application to the...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Class Dismissed

Chocolate Giant Need Not Disclose Child Labor in Supply Chain

Judge Richard Seeborg of the Northern District of California ruled earlier this month in Hodsdon v. Mars, Inc., Case No. 3:15-cv-04450, that neither the FAL, the UCL, nor the CLRA require a company to disclose on its labels...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

California’s Auto-Renewal Law Leads to Wave of California Consumer Class Actions

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California’s Auto-Renewal Law (Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 17600 et seq.) has given rise to a recent torrent of new lawsuits in California, many brought on a putative class action basis, targeting businesses that offer...more

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