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First 100 Days of the New HSR Rules with Antitrust Partner Kara Kuritz
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Compliance Needs are Alive and Well: FTC's Recent Enforcement Activity
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(Podcast) The Briefing: Influencer Fail – ALO Yoga & Influencers Named in $150M Class Action Lawsuit for FTC Violations
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Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: The Impact of the Election on the FTC
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2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 51 – The Compliance Week at 20 Edition
Daily Compliance News: May 1, 2025, The 100 Days of Corruption Edition
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Update on the State of Non-compete Restrictions (LaborSpeak)
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Everything You Want to Know About the CFPB as Things Stand Today, and Lots More - Part 2
There are generally two paths that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) takes for rulemaking. First, there may be a specific statute that gives the FTC specific rulemaking authority, such as the Children’s Online Privacy...more
On February 24, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it will require software provider Avast to pay $16.5MM and prohibit the company from selling or licensing any web browsing data for advertising purposes to...more
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Key Takeaways - Employers should submit public comments on the broad scope and vagueness of the proposed rule as the FTC is accepting comments through March 6, 2023. Begin to consider eliminating non-compete clauses...more
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) rang in 2023 by zeroing in on a new target: non-competes. On January 5, the FTC announced a new proposed rule banning the use of non-compete provisions in agreements with individuals....more
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)—the federal agency tasked with protecting consumers from unfair and deceptive business practices and enforcing antitrust laws—proposed a rule that, if enacted, will...more
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed a sweeping new rule which, if enacted in its draft form, would ban virtually all non-competition agreements (non-competes), including those already in effect....more
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The FTC’s proposed rule banning non-competes with employees and workers has now been published in the Federal Register....more
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On July 9, 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order aimed at “Promoting Competition in the American Economy.” Among the dozens of initiatives proposed within the order was a directive to the Chair of the Federal Trade...more
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When the FTC proposes a rule that could regulate nearly every employer in the nation, we take notice. In this second installment of our series on the FTC’s proposed rule to ban noncompete agreements, we provide a pragmatic...more
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Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a proposed rule to eliminate all non-competition agreements with employees subject to limited exceptions. While some states, like California, have already nearly...more
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