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Non-Compete Agreements › Anticompetitive Behavior

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Non-Compete Agreements are contracts, typically formed in employment or business purchase contexts, where one party agrees to refrain from engaging in a particular line of work or pursuing business within a certain industry or locale. The purpose of these agreements is to protect employers or business purchasers from competition stemming from former employees or former owners of a business. less -

HealthyCompetition.gov Portal Seeks Public Input on Healthcare Industry Practices

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP on 4/30/2024

Expanding the range of ways they can identify and investigate potential competition concerns in healthcare, DOJ, FTC, and HHS recently announced the introduction of HealthyCompetition.gov, a new portal through which the...more

Surescripts Settlement Shores Up Competition in E-Prescription Market

Cozen O'Connor on 8/4/2023

The FTC settled with Surescripts, LLC to resolve allegations that the health information technology company violated the FTC Act by engaging in anticompetitive, monopolistic conduct....more

FTC’s Unprecedented Move Against Non-Competition Agreements Remains Center Stage (and a Mess) As More People, Organizations and...

Benesch on 3/7/2023

As previously highlighted by Benesch, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) kicked off 2023 by proposing an unprecedented, sweeping “crack-down” on non-competition agreements. The FTC's proposed rule (“Rule”) would ban...more

Q&A About FTC Proposed Rule to Ban Non-Compete Restrictions

BakerHostetler on 2/28/2023

We recently wrote about the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC or the Commission) controversial new Proposed Rule that would largely ban non-compete agreements between employers and “workers.” The Proposed Rule would ban not...more

No-Poach Approach Continues: UK Regulator Warns Employers About Anticompetitive Practices

Cooley LLP on 2/16/2023

Following the US Department of Justice’s first criminal conviction for labor market antitrust violations in October 2022, and with scrutiny of labor agreements increasing internationally, the UK Competition and Markets...more

The Latest on Antitrust Compliance

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 4/7/2022

Antitrust is a long-time risk area for compliance teams to manage, but its longevity does not mean it is not evolving. New issues arise as times and Administrations in Washington change. Nathan Mendelsohn, Associate in the...more

Three Takeaways from “Navigating the New Antitrust Enforcers”

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 9/8/2021

Corporate acquirers accustomed to government inertia in antitrust reform are navigating a sea change in Washington, according to Craig Seebald, a Washington, D.C.-based Partner and leader in the global Antitrust Group at...more

The DOJ and FTC Issue Joint Statement on Competition in Labor Markets in Light of COVID-19: What Effect, If Any, Does This Have on...

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 4/27/2020

On April 13, 2020, the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition released a joint statement and press release regarding “competition in labor markets” and potential...more

New Risks of "No-Poach" Agreements in the Healthcare Industry?

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 9/25/2015

"No-poach" agreements, under which employers agree not to steal each other's employees, have long been a feature of industries in which key talent is in short supply. But such agreements can restrict competition in employment...more

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