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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 -

FTC Regulation Tracker – August 2023 Update

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 8/31/2023

The FTC took a bit of a break in August, issuing only one Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on a relatively low-profile topic—Power Output Claims for Amplifiers Used in Home Entertainment Products. While the Proposed Rule is...more

FTC Regulation Tracker - May 2023

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 5/17/2023

he two big consumer protection regulation stories out of the FTC this month are Negative Options and AI. The FTC’s Negative Option rule would, among other things, require sellers to make it as easy for consumers to...more

FTC Regulation Tracker - April 2023 #2

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 5/1/2023

In the wake of AMG, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) can no longer use Section 13(b) of the FTC Act to go to court for monetary relief. With a clear regulation prohibiting certain practices, however, the FTC can attempt to...more

FTC Regulation Tracker - April 2023

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 4/26/2023

Preventing the “Face” of Your Company from Doing an About-Face for a Competitor

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/1/2020

We previously wrote about whether Peloton instructors are (or should be) subject to non-compete agreements owing to their prominent role as the “face” of the company. ...more

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