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University of Southern California (USC) sued Google LLC in the Western District of Texas, Austin Division, last month, alleging infringement of the school’s mapping patents, unlawfully using these innovations in Google Earth,...more
Gray-market goods, also known as parallel imports, are genuine products imported into the United States without the consent of the US trademark owner, often bypassing authorized distribution channels. This Legal Update...more
This monthly report outlines key developments in China’s antitrust sector for October. The following events merit special attention: SAMR Launches Further Investigation into Nvidia for Suspected Antitrust Violations: On...more
Pennsylvania could soon join the growing list of states to enact comprehensive data privacy laws, and businesses that operate in PA must take note. Earlier this month, the commonwealth’s House passed a bipartisan consumer...more
California AG Rob Bonta secured a $10 million judgment and permanent injunction against Care Specialist HCS Inc. and its former and current owner-operators for illegally misclassifying hundreds of in-home care workers as...more
In September 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) took steps to crack down on anticompetitive employee non‑competes even as the FTC abandoned the Biden Administration’s efforts to broadly ban them by rule. As a first...more
The FTC’s recent decision to dismiss its appeals in Ryan, LLC v. FTC and Properties of the Villages v. FTC formally ends the Biden administration’s attempt at a nationwide noncompete ban. Under former Chair Lina Khan, the FTC...more
Healthcare employers and the staffing firms who serve them should take note: federal authorities recently announced they will specifically target the use of noncompetes and other restrictive covenants in the healthcare space....more
The word “cartel” conjures images of mobster movies, lurid headlines, and drug busts. But a less exotic brand of cartel can be far more relevant to the business world. In an economic sense, a cartel is simply a collection of...more
Although the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on September 5 that it was ending its appeals of decisions in the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits which set aside the FTC nationwide non-compete ban thereby ending its defense...more
On September 10, 2025, FTC Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson issued letters to several healthcare employers and staffing companies urging them to carefully review their use of noncompetes or other restrictive terms in their...more
On September 5, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) took steps to formally end its efforts to implement a nationwide ban on non-compete agreements, agreeing to vacate the Non-Compete Clause Rule and dismiss all pending...more
On September 5, the FTC ended the nearly 18-month legal purgatory for the agency’s Non-Compete Clause Rule, voting to withdraw its appeal of a Texas District Court’s decision setting aside the Rule, and accede to the Rule’s...more
Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) abandoned its quest to ban non-compete agreements, while also seeking dismissal of its appeals of courts decisions invalidating its non-compete ban rule. We reported on the FTC’s...more
The Federal Trade Commission just launched a new era of oversight when it comes to noncompete agreements between employers and employees, and the aggressive moves from the agency are turning some heads. On Thursday, it...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced on September 4, 2025, that it had filed a complaint against one of the largest pet cremation businesses in the U.S., alleging that the company’s widespread use of noncompete...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has abandoned its defense of the rule proposed by the Biden Administration banning almost all employer-employee non-competes. As a result, the broad non-compete rule is dead. At the same...more
Although most reporting on the DOJ's latest Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) guidelines has emphasized the anticipated reduction in overall anti-corruption enforcement, an equally important, but less noted, aspect has...more
As of its July 3, 2025 effective date, the Contracts Honoring Opportunity, Investment, Confidentiality, and Economic Growth (“CHOICE”) Act dramatically overhauled Florida’s restrictive covenant framework. While many states...more
On May 22, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voluntarily dismissed its case against PepsiCo alleging price discrimination in violation of the Robinson-Patman Act. Federal Trade Commission v. PepsiCo, Inc.,...more
In today’s ecommerce-driven economy, brand owners face a relentless challenge: unauthorized resellers who flood online marketplaces with products that undermine brand value, confuse consumers and compromise quality standards....more
Fighting knock-offs in the fashion industry is notoriously difficult. Copyright, trademark, and trade dress laws offer some protection for branding and marketing materials used to sell fashion products, as well as for...more
This monthly report outlines key developments in China’s antitrust sector for July. SAMR Solicits Public Comments on the Revised Provisions on the Prohibition of Monopoly Agreements, Refining the “Safe Harbor” Standards for...more
In Cleveland Integrity Services, LLC v. Byers (Del. Ch. Feb. 28, 2025), the Delaware Court of Chancery declined to enforce a two-year non-compete agreement that it found to be geographically overbroad and refused to narrow or...more
On June 27, 2025, China’s National People’s Congress Standing Committee enacted a landmark revision to the Anti-Unfair Competition Law (AUCL), effective October 15, 2025. This sweeping update is the most significant since the...more