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No-Poaching Employer Liability Issues Franchisors

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

DOJ and FTC Issue Antitrust Guidelines for Business Activities Affecting Workers

Four days before President Trump took office, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) (together, “the Agencies”) under the Biden administration released their “Antitrust Guidelines for Business...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

Eleventh Circuit Serves a Whopper of a Ruling on Franchisor’s ‘No-Poach’/‘No-Hire’ Agreement With Franchisees

​​​​​​​Over the last several years, business-to-business “no-hire” and “no-poach” agreements have come under legal attack, including through enforcement actions by the Federal Trade Commission and criminal prosecutions by the...more

Lathrop GPM

The Franchise Memorandum - Issue 249

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Welcome to The Franchise Memorandum by Lathrop GPM, formerly known as The GPMemorandum. Since December 1997, The GPMemorandum has been presenting summaries of recent legal developments of interest to franchisors and companies...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

A Fresh Approach to No-Poach Provisions in Franchise Agreements

• The Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have indicated in the past that they believe that certain agreements between employers not to poach each other’s employees are...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Spotlight on No-Poach Agreements Continues, Expands to New Industries

In recent weeks, Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson has continued to expand his efforts to eradicate the use of no-poach agreements by employers. The targets of his investigation are companies that have included...more

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