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The effective date of the FTC’s Final Rule prohibiting non-compete agreements quickly approaches, yet there is still no definitive resolution as to whether it is constitutional. Nor has there been any preliminary injunction...more
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launched a public inquiry seeking information concerning serial acquisitions and roll-up strategies....more
On April 23rd, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued regulations that ban most non-compete agreements, while the Department of Labor (DOL) issued a Rule significantly increasing the minimum salary necessary for a worker...more
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As reported earlier, the FTC voted this week to approve its Final Non-Compete Clause Rule (the “Rule” or “Final Rule”), which outlaws almost all non-compete agreements between employees and employers throughout the country. ...more
The annual revisions to the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act reporting thresholds have arrived. The new thresholds for notification will apply to all transactions that close on or after the effective date of the notice, which is...more
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Publications and Advisories - November 13, 2023 – Kathleen Benway, Kate Hanniford, Amy Mushahwar, Kim Peretti, and Lance Taubin published “Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Advisory: FTC Approved New Data Breach Notification...more
With an amendment to its Safeguards Rule, the Federal Trade Commission has joined other federal agencies regulating cybersecurity breaches. Our Privacy, Cyber & Data Strategy Team analyzes how the amendment will affect...more
The Federal Trade Commission has approved an amendment to the Safeguards Rule under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act that creates a new data privacy regulatory reporting requirement for non-banking financial entities. Covered...more
On October 27, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) adopted a final rule (“Final Rule”) to amend the Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information (the “Safeguards Rule”). Among other things, the Final Rule will...more
Under an amendment to the Safeguards Rule under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) announced on October 27, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will require a broad range of nonbank financial institutions to notify the...more
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A flurry of legislative activity over the past year has brought meaningful changes to a variety of privacy and security provisions in state and federal law. At the state level, as in 2022, we have seen a handful of changes to...more
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On July 19, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) (collectively, the Agencies) issued revised Merger Guidelines (Proposed Guidelines) that if adopted would lead to...more
Summary - On May 18, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Proposed Rule”), which both clarifies the scope of the Health Breach Notification Rule (“HBN Rule”) to include...more
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On February 1, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced its first enforcement action under the Health Breach Notification Rule (“HBNR” or “Rule”) against GoodRx, a direct-to-consumer digital healthcare and prescription...more
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The latest proposed Federal Privacy Law, titled the American Data Privacy and Protection Act (“ADPPA”), continues to gain momentum and in late July 2022, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce voted to advance the bill to...more
TThe Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently published a blog post asserting that Section 5 of the FTC Act may require companies to notify individuals of breaches of their personal data, even where there is no specific breach...more