News & Analysis as of August 14, 2025

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DOJ Antitrust Division Secures First Win in Criminal Wage-Fixing Case

Lathrop GPM on 5/23/2025

On April 14, 2025, a federal jury in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada convicted the operator of a home healthcare staffing agency of a criminal violation of the federal antitrust laws. ...more

The Fate of the “Last Gasp” of the Biden FTC: Will Its Legacy Survive the Trump Administration?

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP on 1/27/2025

In the days leading up to President Trump’s inauguration, the Biden FTC rushed to initiate major lawsuits and to tie a bow on various antitrust policy efforts. In a series of dissenting statements, the minority Republican...more

FTC Non-Compete Ban Blocked; Will Not Take Effect on September 4, 2024

Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. on 8/27/2024

Employers concerned about the enforceability of restrictive covenants can breathe a little easier for now. A Texas federal court has blocked the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC’s”) final rule banning non-compete agreements...more

Is It Still Safe To Exchange Wage and Other Compensation-Related Information?

Lowenstein Sandler LLP on 4/12/2023

Since the mid-1990s, human resource (HR) professionals (and those advising them) have relied on the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) “antitrust safety zone” articulated in Statement 6 of the...more

DOJ Secures First Criminal Guilty Plea in a No-Poach Case

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 11/1/2022

Nearly six years after the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) put human resource executives and their companies on notice that no-poach and wage-fixing agreements would be subject to...more

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