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New Labor Task Force to Investigate and Prosecute Unfair and Anticompetitive Labor Market Conduct

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On Feb. 26, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Andrew Ferguson issued a “Directive Regarding Labor Markets Task Force” pursuant to which a Joint Labor Task Force is being organized consisting of the Directors of the...more

Baker Donelson

Stay Vigilant! Labor Antitrust and Enforcement Remain a Trump Administration Priority

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Newly appointed FTC Chairman, Andrew Ferguson, has made it clear that "the Trump-Vance FTC is going to be on the lookout for non-competes that violate the antitrust laws and we are going to do something about them." Following...more

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New DOJ–FTC Antitrust Guidelines for Business Activities Affecting Workers: Key Changes and Practical Takeaways

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While the original guidelines focused primarily on per se illegal wage-fixing and no-poach agreements, the 2025 Guidelines illustrate a significant expansion in enforcement, broadening scrutiny to compensation benchmarking,...more

Saul Ewing LLP

Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice Issue New “Antitrust Guidelines for Business Activities Affecting Workers”

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently issued updated guidelines regarding antitrust issues implicated by certain kinds of agreements impacting employees and labor markets. The new...more

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FTC and DOJ Jointly Issue ‘Antitrust Guidelines for Business Activities Affecting Workers’ on Eve of Trump Administration

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Less than a week before the inauguration of President Donald Trump, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Antitrust Division jointly published guidelines on assessing whether business...more

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DOJ and FTC Issue New Antitrust Guidelines for Business Activities Affecting Workers

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During their last week in office, and over the vigorous dissent of Republican FTC commissioners, Biden administration antitrust officials unveil new guidelines intended to replace the 2016 Antitrust Guidance for Human...more

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Antitrust and Competition Healthcare Quarterly Update Q4 2022

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The Impact of the FTC’s Proposed Sweeping Ban on Non-Competes - On January 5, 2023, the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a new rule (the Proposed Rule) that would define an employer’s use of...more

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Competition authorities crackdown on employment markets: a new era for cartels

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At the end of last year, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) secured a guilty plea for wage fixing, resulting in its first criminal conviction with Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter saying: “[t]oday’s guilty plea...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

First, Do No Harm: Oncology Group Agrees to $100M Fine Following Criminal Antitrust Investigation

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The Department of Justice recently announced that it had charged one of the largest independent oncology groups in the country, Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute LLC (“FCS”), with antitrust violations under the...more

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Sutter Health Settles California Attorney General Antitrust Case With Cash and an Agreement to Make Significant Changes to its...

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The terms of a settlement that resolved antitrust litigation between the State of California and Sutter Health, the largest health system in Northern California, have now become public, almost two months after the settlement...more

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