Additional Important Updates on the FTC’s Non-Compete Ban August.21.2024 The Rule is Blocked Nationwide: On August 20, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Ryan, LLC v. FTC, granted...more
The Rule is Blocked Nationwide: On August 20, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Ryan, LLC v. FTC, granted Plaintiff-Intervenors’ motion for summary judgment, holding that the FTC’s...more
Decision in ATS Tree Services: On July 23, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in ATS Tree Services v. FTC denied the plaintiff’s motion for a preliminary injunction seeking a nationwide...more
Additional Important Updates on the FTC’s Non-Compete Ban Decision in Ryan LLC: On July 3, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in Ryan, LLC v. FTC, issued a preliminary injunction staying the effective...more
In a novel and sweeping act of substantive rulemaking, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) determined that non-compete agreements between employers and workers constitute an “unfair method of competition” prohibited under...more
New York Attorney General Enters into Settlement Prohibiting “No-Poach” Pacts in Title Insurance Industry - New York Attorney General Letitia James recently entered into a settlement agreement with a national insurance...more
10/18/2021
/ American Airlines ,
Anticompetitive Behavior ,
Climate Change ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Contract ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Monopolization ,
No-Poaching ,
State Attorneys General ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
State Attorneys General File Fourth Lawsuit Against Google Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes, joined by 35 states and the District of Columbia, filed the fourth antitrust lawsuit against Google since October 2020, claiming...more
8/6/2021
/ Antitrust Violations ,
Competition ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Google ,
Opioid ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Sherman Act ,
State Attorneys General
State AGs File Another Antitrust Lawsuit Against Google -
Thirty-six states and the District of Columbia filed the fourth antitrust lawsuit against Google since October 2020, claiming that Google’s Play store unlawfully...more
7/12/2021
/ American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Competition ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Facebook ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Google ,
PFAS ,
Popular ,
Spending Clause ,
State Attorneys General ,
The Clayton Act ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
Washington, D.C., Attorney General Racine Sues Amazon -
On May 25, 2021, Washington, D.C., Attorney General Karl Racine sued Amazon in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for alleged antitrust violations under...more
6/4/2021
/ Amazon Marketplace ,
AMG Capital Management LLC v FTC ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Disgorgement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Facebook ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Instagram ,
Most-Favored Nations ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Pipelines ,
Price Gouging ,
Public Policy ,
Ransomware ,
Restraint of Trade ,
SCOTUS ,
State Attorneys General ,
Vertical Agreement
Last month, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed a law repealing a provision of the Colorado Antitrust Act that prohibited challenging a merger under state law where the federal antitrust agencies did not also challenge the...more