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In Compliance: Holtzman Vogel's August 2024 Round-Up

Eighth Circuit Invalidates Missouri's Two-Year Lobbying Ban for Former Legislators and Staffers - The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals invalidated a Missouri state constitutional amendment that imposed a two-year lobbying...more

Venable LLP

Overview of U.S. Copyright Office Report Regarding Artificial Intelligence and Digital Replicas

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The U.S. Copyright Office published Part 1 of their report on copyright and artificial intelligence (AI), focusing on digital replicas. Digital replicas are "a video, image, or audio recording that has been digitally created...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024

On April 24, 2024, President Biden signed into law H.R. 815, a national security and foreign aid package which includes the “Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024” (“PADFA”). The Act establishes new...more

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP

Broker Face: The Protecting Americans' Data from Foreign Adversaries Act Creates New High Stakes Federal Data Broker Requirements

On April 24, 2024, Congress made headlines by passing a complex foreign aid package, which included the much-discussed TikTok “divest-or-ban” legislation. What received less attention was the Protecting Americans’ Data from...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

What Physicians and Their Practices Need to Know About FTC's Noncompete Ban

On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved a long-anticipated final rule that will effectively ban the use of noncompete clauses by employers, with a few limited exceptions....more

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Data Restrictions in the 21st Century Peace through Strength Act

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On April 20, 2024, the House of Representatives passed H.R.8038, the 21st Century Peace through Strength Act ("supplemental"), which includes a version of H.R.7520, the Protecting Americans' Data from Foreign Adversaries Act...more

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Executive Order on AI: Antitrust Issues

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On Oct. 30, the White House issued Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence (Executive Order). In the wide-ranging Executive Order, the White House provides a road...more

Mintz - Antitrust Viewpoints

FTC Advises Copyright Office on AI — AI: The Washington Report

Welcome to this week's issue of AI: The Washington Report, a joint undertaking of Mintz and its government affairs affiliate, ML Strategies. The accelerating advances in artificial intelligence (“AI”) and the practical,...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

President Biden's AI EO: Key Takeaways for Health Care & Life Sciences

Key Points - President Biden’s eagerly-awaited executive order (EO) on artificial intelligence (AI) tasks the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) with promoting responsible AI innovation, development and use,...more

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Non-Competes Under Attack

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In January 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a proposed rule that would render virtually all non-competes, including even most agreed to as part of a sale of a business, unfair methods of competition and,...more

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What Every Federal Contractor Should Know About the FTC’s Proposed Rule to Void Noncompete Agreements Nationwide—and What to Do...

One of the most dynamic areas of the law that is of keen concern to federal contractors is the issue of employee noncompetition agreements (NCAs). Historically, NCAs were a common and valuable tool employers used to protect...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Employer Guidance Following the FTC’s Proposal to Ban Non-Compete Agreements

On Jan.5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a proposed rule that would effectively ban the use of non-compete agreements in employment contracts and preempt all state laws that provide less protection to...more

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#WorkforceWednesday: FTC Proposes Ban on Non-Competes - Employment Law This Week® - Spilling Secrets Podcast

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This week, we bring you our special Spilling Secrets podcast series on the future of non-compete and trade secrets law: On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a proposed rule that would ban...more

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Legislation Seeking to Ban Non-Competes Reintroduced in Congress

On February 1, 2023, a coalition of U.S. Senators and Members of the House of Representatives reintroduced a bill titled the Workforce Mobility Act (the “Act”), seeking to prohibit the use and enforcement of post-employment...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Against the Evidence: How the FTC Cast Aside the Input of Experts at Its Own Non-Compete Workshop

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has proposed a paradigm-breaking rule that would ban essentially all non-compete agreements. If enacted, this rule would purport to override tens of millions of contracts in every sector of...more

Williams Mullen

Navigating the FTC’s Proposed Rule Banning Non-Competes

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Williams Mullen attorneys Jim Burns (Antitrust & Trade Regulation) and Laura Windsor (Labor, Employment & Immigration) discuss the recent seismic movements at the FTC regarding a proposed rule banning non-competes in...more

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What the FTC’s Proposed Ban on Employee Noncompete Agreements Could Mean for the Technology Industry

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has recently turned its focus to employee noncompete clauses, with the agency announcing a proposed regulation on January 5, 2023 that would implement a near-comprehensive ban across the...more

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Minnesota Again Considers Banning Non-Competes

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The FTC’s proposed rule banning non-competes nationally has received much attention, but the far likelier change to non-compete law for Minnesotans is from the all-DFL state government. Barely into session, the Minnesota...more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

Four Key Takeaways from the FTC Director’s Remarks on the Proposed Rule to Ban Non-Compete Agreements

On January 11, 2023, Elizabeth Wilkins, the FTC’s Director of the Office of Policy Planning, spoke to the Capitol Forum about the FTC’s proposed rule to ban non-compete agreements. This conversation was the most significant...more

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Federal Trade Commission Proposes Sweeping Changes to Noncompete Agreements Nationwide

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On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its long-anticipated proposed rule, which if adopted, would essentially ban all noncompete agreements between employers and their workers that restrict such...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Update: FTC Publishes Proposed Rule Barring Non-Compete Agreements

On January 19, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published its proposed rule barring most non-compete agreements that would apply to employees. We previously summarized the proposed rule here....more

Mintz

Future of Non-Competes Up in the Air

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Future of Non-Competes Up in the Air - The FTC recently announced its proposal to ban non-compete clauses in employment agreements. That proposal is currently in a 60-day period of public comment, and employers are...more

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Federal Trade Commission’s Focus on Non-Compete Clauses has Health Care Implications

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As proposed, the Federal Trade Commission’s proposed rule to prohibit employers from using non-compete clauses in employment agreements would have sweeping impact on health care practices and hospitals employing restrictive...more

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FTC Pursues Crackdown on Employee Noncompetes

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Earlier this month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launched unprecedented challenges to noncompete provisions in employment contracts through both rulemaking and individual enforcement actions. Proposed Rule to Ban...more

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Non-Competes: A New Year Means Higher Income Thresholds In Many States

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Earlier this month, we reported on the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) proposed regulation that, if adopted, would essentially abolish employee non-competes across the United States. While we await (and will promptly report...more

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