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Ohio Federal Court Dismisses Franchisees’ Class Action Against Luxottica

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A federal court in Ohio dismissed a putative class action brought by franchisee-eyewear sellers against their franchisor, Luxottica of America. Brave Optical, Inc. v. Luxottica of Am. Inc., 2025 WL 962827 (S.D. Ohio Mar. 31,...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday Appointed Co-Chair of NAAG Consumer Protection Committee

On April 8, the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) announced the appointment of Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday as the new co-chair of NAAG’s Consumer Protection Committee. The Committee’s mission is...more

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The Implications of President Trump’s Live Entertainment Ticketing Executive Order on the Ticketing Market

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On March 31, 2025, the White House announced that President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order designed “to protect fans from exploitative ticket scalping and bring commonsense reforms to America’s live entertainment...more

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A New Force in Town: What to Know about the FTC's Joint Labor Task Force

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has historically focused on protecting Americans in their role as consumers. But, pursuant to a recent directive issued in February 2025 by FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson, the FTC will also...more

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Executive Order on Ticket Resale Market Calls for Greater FTC Enforcement

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On March 31, 2025, the Trump Administration issued a new Executive Order (EO), “Combating Unfair Practices in the Live Entertainment Market,” taking aim at certain practices in the live entertainment ticket resale market. The...more

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The State AG Report – 03.20.2025

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Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •Bipartisan AGs Support FCC’s Rule Closing Robocall...more

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Navigating FTC CIDs

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On March 10, Christopher Mufarrige, the newly-appointed Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), published a blog explaining the significance of Civil Investigative Demands (CIDs)...more

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Federal Court Denies Dealer Challenge To OEM Internet Sales Policy - Seyfarth's Future of Automotive Series

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A Massachusetts federal court recently granted summary judgment in favor of a motorcycle manufacturer and dismissed claims by a dealer who argued the manufacturer’s internet sales policy breached the dealer agreement between...more

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FTC Chair announces Joint Labor Task Force, commits to facilitating President Trump’s war on DEI

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), under the new leadership of Republican Chair Andrew Ferguson, has announced the formation of a Joint Labor Task Force to “prioritize rooting out and prosecuting deceptive, unfair, and...more

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Growing Role of Texas In Driving US Antitrust Policy

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office has long been a significant player in antitrust enforcement. It has been an active enforcer in the technology industry, and has used antitrust as a tool to push back on corporate ESG...more

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Federal Trade Commission Forms Task Force to Address Labor Market Conduct

On February 26, 2025, Andrew N. Ferguson, the newly appointed Chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), issued a memorandum outlining the agency’s populist agenda and directing the formation of a “Joint Labor Task Force”...more

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FTC Launches First Ever “Joint Labor Task Force” Prioritizing Deceptive, Unfair, and Anticompetitive Labor Market Practices

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On February 26, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced the launch of a Joint Labor Task Force (“Task Force”) aimed at “rooting out and prosecuting deceptive, unfair, and anticompetitive labor-market practices...more

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Does California Need a Bigger Antitrust Hammer?

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California Attorney General Rob Bonta and State Democratic Senator Melissa Hurtado want a bigger hammer to enforce California’s Cartwright Act, a key tool in prosecuting antitrust cases. The bill, SB 763, would raise the...more

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FTC Labor Market Task Force: A Surprising Continuation of Biden-Era Priorities

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On February 26, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced the formation of a Joint Labor Task Force aimed at addressing deceptive, unfair, and anticompetitive practices impacting labor markets. The FTC signaled an...more

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FTC on the Job: Chairman Ferguson Announces Labor Task Force

Since at least the October 2016 publication of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) and U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) joint Antitrust Guidance for Human Resource Professionals, federal antitrust enforcers have...more

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FTC Refocuses Its Resources to Continue Its Work for Labor Market

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In what may be a surprise to those who thought that restrictions on the use of noncompetes would go away with the change in administration, this week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that the agency will form a...more

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FTC Announces New Labor Market Task Force and Prioritizes Worker Protections

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On February 26, 2025, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew Ferguson issued a memorandum directing the FTC to form a Joint Labor Task Force to prioritize efforts to combat deceptive, unfair, and anti-competitive...more

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FTC Chair Requests Information on Big Tech “Censorship”

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On Thursday, February 20, 2025, FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson announced a Request for Information (RFI) for “public submissions from anyone who has been a victim of tech censorship (banning, demonetization, shadow banning,...more

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Understanding the New Competition Law in the UAE

Introduction: The UAE has introduced a new competition law and abrogated the old competition law, federal law No. 4 of 2012. The new federal decree law No. 36 of 2023 on the regulation of competition sets forth competition...more

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FTC Takes Step to End ​“Tyranny of Big Tech” with RFI

As its first policy initiative under Chair Andrew Ferguson, the FTC announced a Request for Information (RFI) ​“to better understand how technology platforms deny or degrade users’ access to services based on the content of...more

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FTC opens discussion on “Technology Platform Censorship”

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The FTC recently requested public comment “to better understand how technology platforms deny or degrade (such as by ‘demonetizing’ and ‘shadow banning’) users’ access to services based on the content of the users’ speech or...more

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Preparing for a Civil Investigative Demand as a Healthcare Investor in Massachusetts

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Massachusetts House Bill No. 5159 (HB 5159) was signed into law on Jan. 8, 2025, and gave the Massachusetts attorney general (AG) broader authority to investigate and monitor trends in the healthcare market, including...more

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FTC Sues PepsiCo for Illegal Price Discrimination Under Robinson-Patman Act

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The Federal Trade Commission recently sued PepsiCo, Inc. alleging that the company engaged in illegal price discrimination by providing a large retailer with unfair pricing advantages in violation of the Robinson-Patman Act....more

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The Canadian Competition Bureau’s Draft Guidance for Going Green

In June 2024, amendments to the Canadian Competition Act (Act) garnered significant attention (and criticism) from both business and legal communities in Canada for the introduction of new “greenwashing” provisions. The new...more

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Avantage concurrentiel par Blakes : mise à jour de janvier 2025

Bienvenue à l’édition de janvier de l’infolettre Avantage concurrentiel par Blakes, une publication mensuelle des groupes Concurrence et antitrust et Investissement étranger de Blakes. Avantage concurrentiel par Blakes...more

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