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Non-Compete Compliance in 2025: State Trends and Employer Strategies
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Podcast - Tips for Maintaining FTC Compliance When Using AI
From Banks to FinTech: The Evolution of Small Business Lending — The Consumer Finance Podcast
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Driving Digital Security: The FTC's Safeguards Rule Explained — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
First 100 Days of the New HSR Rules with Antitrust Partner Kara Kuritz
Podcast - FTC to Focus on Deceptive AI Claims: Compliance Management Strategies
Cruising Through Change: The Auto-Finance Industry’s New Era Under Trump Unveiled — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Cruising Through Change: The Auto-Finance Industry’s New Era Under Trump Unveiled — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Compliance Needs are Alive and Well: FTC's Recent Enforcement Activity
Podcast - New Guidance on Complying with FTC Rule on Deceptive and Unfair Fees
Podcast - Navigating the New Landscape of Private Equity in Healthcare
(Podcast) The Briefing: Influencer Fail – ALO Yoga & Influencers Named in $150M Class Action Lawsuit for FTC Violations
The Briefing: Influencer Fail – ALO Yoga & Influencers Named in $150M Class Action Lawsuit for FTC Violations
From Cell Phones to Tractors: The Right to Repair Movement Drives On — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: The Impact of the Election on the FTC
Podcast - Who Owns Your DNA? Lessons Learned from 23andMe
After the FTC issued a replacement of the 2016 Antitrust Guidance for Human Resource Professionals on January 16, 2025, Commissioner – now Chair – Andrew N. Ferguson, joined by Commissioner Melissa Holyoak, punctuated his...more
The American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section’s annual Spring Meeting took place from April 2 to 5 in Washington, DC. The Spring Meeting features updates from federal, state, and international antitrust enforcers and...more
Recently, the North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc.’s (“NASAA”) Franchise and Business Opportunities Project Group (“FPG”) issued guidance on post-term non-compete clauses in the context of the franchise...more
Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •Republican AGs Sue SEC Claiming Cryptocurrency Regulatory...more
A coalition of 18 Democratic AGs filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Properties of the Villages, Inc. v. the Federal Trade Commission ( 24-13102) supporting the FTC’s defense of...more
Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •Texas Court Ruling Deals Blow to FTC Non-Compete Rule - ...more
The FTC’s Final Rule banning non-compete clauses in employment agreements has been struck down by a federal judge in the Northern District of Texas. In Ryan LLC v. FTC (Civil Action No. 3:24-CV-00986-E), the court issued an...more
The non-compete panel comprised of Maine AG Aaron Frey, University of Wisconsin Professor Peter Carstensen, US DOJ Principal Economist Ioana Marinescu, and FTC Bureau of Competition Deputy Director Rahul Rao, first discussed...more
The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG)’s Eastern Region Meeting, held August 1-3, 2023 in Connecticut in conjunction with the Attorney General Alliance, included an “Antitrust Bootcamp” that surveyed the history...more
The FTC settled with Surescripts, LLC to resolve allegations that the health information technology company violated the FTC Act by engaging in anticompetitive, monopolistic conduct....more
Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •FTC Targets Optometrists, Ophthalmologists Suspected of...more
A group of Democratic 18 AGs sent a letter to the FTC in support of the FTC’s proposed Non-Compete Clause Rule that would restrict the use of non-compete provisions in employment contracts....more
On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to prohibit noncompete agreements nationwide. On April 19, 2023, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined attorney generals from...more
Here are curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: •AG James Sues Cryptocurrency Platform KuCoin, Alleging...more
The FTC issued finalized consent orders to settle allegations that Prudential Security, Inc. and Prudential Command Inc. and their owners (collectively, “Prudential Security”) violated the FTC Act through the unfair use of...more
It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years — and this past...more
2021 saw significant activity by both the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) and Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) in 2021. The DOJ, for example, finally followed through on its 2016 warning/threat to investigate and potentially...more
Here are last week’s curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: Democratic Attorneys General Ask FDA to Set...more
On Friday, July 9, 2021, President Biden signed Executive Order 14036, Promoting Competition in the American Economy, which includes—among 72 initiatives aimed at enhancing competition in the US—a directive encouraging the...more
Breaking News- Despite COVID-19, the State AG Report Stays on the Beat- •In these unprecedented times, the Cozen O’Connor State AG Group is committed to continuing to bring you important AG news stories and keeping you...more
On January 9, 2020, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) held a public workshop in Washington, DC to examine whether there is a sufficient legal basis and empirical economic support to promulgate a Commission rule that would...more
Continuing our annual tradition, we have compiled our top developments and headlines for 2019 & 2020 in trade secret, non-compete, and computer fraud law. Here’s what you need to know to keep abreast of the ever-changing law...more
Consumer Protection- When “Free” Trials Come With Strings Attached: Attorneys General Ask FTC to Look Into Deceptive Negative Option Marketing- Twenty-three AGs, led by New York AG Letitia James and Pennsylvania AG Josh...more
A group of 18 state attorneys general (the “AGs”) recently filed comments with the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) in advance of a series of hearings centered on changes to antitrust and consumer protection enforcement in...more