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Effective Date: 120 days after the final rule is published in the Federal Register, likely in late August or early September 2024....more
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule adopting a comprehensive ban on non-competition agreements and clauses, which prevent workers from leaving for a competitor for a certain period of...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) adopted a controversial rule for noncompete provisions today. As expected, the final regulation, which was first proposed in January 2023, will prohibit virtually all noncompete...more
On March 21, 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the attorneys general for 15 states and the District of Columbia filed a complaint against Apple in the District of New Jersey. The complaint alleges that Apple...more
Maybe don’t get a drink with your competitor. These are not easy times to be in human resources. Attracting, recruiting, and retaining talented employees is as challenging as ever. As I have previously written, wages are...more
On June 2, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it finalized a consent order with Anchor Glass Container Corp. (“Anchor Glass”)....more
In January 2023, the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC), a federal agency whose stated mission includes “protecting consumers and competition by preventing anticompetitive, deceptive, and unfair business practices,”...more
On February 1, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced the Fiscal Year 2024 New York State Executive Budget (the Executive Budget). One component of the Executive Budget’s Health and Mental Hygiene Article VII...more
China’s SAMR published a draft amendment to the Anti-Unfair Competition Law, which overhauls the commercial bribery provisions for giving, instructing, and accepting bribes. Key Points: In summary, the proposed commercial...more
On 22 November 2022, China's State Administration for Market Regulation ("SAMR") released the Draft Amendments to the Anti-Unfair Competition Law ("Draft AUCL Amendments"). Enacted in 1993 (and subsequently amended in 2017...more
The Competition Director General has issued a precedent-setting determination against the pharmaceutical marketing company MBI Pharma Ltd. (MBI). The Director General determined that MBI abused its monopolistic position and...more
On January 5, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) promulgated a proposed rule that would effectively ban all non-competes with employees and other workers (Proposed Rule). If adopted in its current form, the Proposed Rule...more
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a rule that is essentially a blanket ban on non-competes per Section 5 of the FTC Act which prohibits unfair competition. If implemented, the new rule would not...more
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a new rule that would ban the use of non-compete agreements between employers and their workers and require businesses to rescind existing non-compete contracts....more
Fresh off the significant buzz from the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) January 5, 2023 announcement of its Notice of Proposed Rule Making (“NPRM”) setting forth a ban on all non-compete clauses between employers and...more
The FTC claims its latest effort to promote competition will increase the wages of America’s workers by “nearly $300 billion per year,” but what will this effort do to employers and the sellers of businesses?...more
On January 5, 2023, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan announced a proposed federal regulation that, if enacted, would invalidate non-competes and similar restrictive covenants that are routinely used by companies...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) started off 2023 with a bang. On January 5, the FTC proposed a new rule that would effectively ban most non-compete agreements, making them an unfair and unlawful method of competition under...more
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission announced a proposed rule eliminating most non-compete provisions in employment agreements. The move by the FTC comes one day after the agency announced enforcement...more
Last week, the FTC announced two significant moves. First, the FTC brought its first major standalone Section 5 actions, targeting certain companies’ employment noncompete agreements as unfair methods of competition. The very...more
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a new rule that would prohibit employers from imposing post-employment noncompete restrictions on their workers. The proposed rule, if adopted as drafted, would...more
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would prohibit and rescind non-compete provisions in employment contracts. The public has 60 days to offer comment on the...more
Employers who share information with competitor employers about employee compensation, including wages and benefits, face greater risks of government investigations into violations of antitrust laws. The U.S. Department of...more
The buzz around gig economy protections continued as the Federal Trade Commission took yet another action to safeguard gig workers. Last week, the FTC adopted a policy statement asserting its authority to address...more