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Under the current de minimis rule, shipments with an aggregate value up to $800 per day per person can be imported free of duties and taxes, except for antidumping and countervailing duties and taxes collected by other...more
Non-competition agreements are currently in a volatile state, and the future of their enforceability has been called into question by the current administration, and several state legislatures enacting limitations (and in...more
We recently wrote about the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC or the Commission) controversial new Proposed Rule that would largely ban non-compete agreements between employers and “workers.” The Proposed Rule would ban not...more
Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more
Will employment non-competes soon be banned nationally? Perhaps, if the Federal Trade Commission gets its way. Last month, the FTC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “NPRM”) that would prohibit just about all...more
On January 5, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a notice of proposed rulemaking seeking comment on a rule that would declare most U.S. noncompetition agreements unlawful, subject to very limited exceptions. Using...more
The federal government has proposed a rule to ban non-compete agreements between nearly all employers and all workers. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) believes this rule will increase wages by almost $300 billion annually...more
Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Proposed Rule”) proposing a rule that would ban “non-compete” agreements. Finding that non-compete clauses reduce competition,...more
Non-compete agreements are under attack yet again. On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)—the federal agency tasked with protecting consumers from unfair and deceptive business practices—announced a new...more
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed its long-awaited new rule banning non-compete agreements. This was an anticipated event after a July 9, 2021, executive order from President Biden that directed...more
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing a "Non-Compete Clause Rule." If the proposed rule goes into effect as drafted, it would ban employers across the...more
The Federal Trade Commission issued a proposed rule on January 5, 2023, that would ban the use of so-called “non-compete” agreements, which are often used in certain industries to protect intellectual property and the...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a rule last week that would ban employers from requiring workers to sign non-compete provisions in employment contracts. The rule also would prevent employers from entering into new...more
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) which would broadly prohibit companies from entering into or enforcing non-competition agreements or clauses (also...more
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a new rule that would ban the use of non-compete agreements between employers and their workers and require businesses to rescind existing non-compete contracts....more
Fresh off the significant buzz from the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) January 5, 2023 announcement of its Notice of Proposed Rule Making (“NPRM”) setting forth a ban on all non-compete clauses between employers and...more
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) announced a notice of proposed rulemaking that would ban employers from entering non-compete agreements with their employees. Under proposed rule 16 CFR §...more
Taking aim at what it views as an unfair practice that keeps hundreds of billions of dollars out of workers’ pockets, on January 5 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued proposed rulemaking that would effectively ban...more
FTC proposes a new rule that would ban non-competes in most situations; brings enforcement actions challenging non-competes as unfair methods of competition. On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a...more
In July of 2021, as part of “a whole-of-government effort to promote competition in the American economy,” President Biden issued an Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy, encouraging the Federal...more
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a new rule that would prohibit employers from imposing post-employment noncompete restrictions on their workers. The proposed rule, if adopted as drafted, would...more
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would prohibit and rescind non-compete provisions in employment contracts. The public has 60 days to offer comment on the...more
On Jan. 5, the Federal Trade Commission voted 3-1 to propose a new rule under Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act that would largely ban non-compete agreements between employers and employees. If passed, the...more
The New Year has certainly started with a bang at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). First, the agency announced enforcement actions against three employers prohibiting those companies from using non-competition agreements...more
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced plans to prohibit employers from imposing or enforcing non-compete clauses in agreements with workers, including employees and independent contractors, in...more