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On May 22, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voluntarily dismissed its case against PepsiCo alleging price discrimination in violation of the Robinson-Patman Act. Federal Trade Commission v. PepsiCo, Inc.,...more
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
In the final days of the Biden administration, the FTC and DOJ jointly issued antitrust guidelines on business practices that impact workers that replace the 2016 Antitrust Guidance for Human Resource Professionals, which...more
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
The U.S. Copyright Office published Part 1 of their report on copyright and artificial intelligence (AI), focusing on digital replicas. Digital replicas are "a video, image, or audio recording that has been digitally created...more
On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved a long-anticipated final rule that will effectively ban the use of noncompete clauses by employers, with a few limited exceptions....more
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) greenlit a sweeping prohibition on the use of noncompete agreements by for-profit employers nationwide. In a party-line vote, the FTC voted 3–2 to approve a final rule...more
The identification, investigation and removal of persons who serve as directors or officers of two competing companies (i.e., “horizontal interlocks”) is a significant component of the Biden Administration’s antitrust...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a new rule on April 23, 2024, banning new non-compete agreements in all employment contexts. The highly anticipated rule, which was first proposed in draft form in January 2023, is...more
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) voted and approved the issuance of a final rule, the Non-Compete Clause Rule, that, if it goes into effect, will make future employment non-compete agreements unenforceable and will...more
In a Special Open Commission Meeting, the Federal Trade Commission voted to approve the final rule to ban non-compete agreements for for-profit businesses, the effective date of such ban being in 120-days....more
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) adopted a final rule that effectively prohibits the use of almost all non-compete clauses....more
April 23, 2024, was a big day for the Biden Administration, as the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) and Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) almost simultaneously launched new revamped rules which will affect millions of...more
Restrictive covenants have traversed a tumultuous road since the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on January 5, 2023, purporting to ban noncompetition agreements throughout the...more
Earlier this month, President Biden announced the formation of a “Strike Force on Unfair and Illegal Pricing.” This strike force will be an interagency group co-chaired by the FTC and DOJ. President Biden stated the group...more
The agency’s latest report and recent statements indicate its potential enforcement and regulatory priorities regarding artificial intelligence. On December 18, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a report...more
In January 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a proposed rule that would render virtually all non-competes, including even most agreed to as part of a sale of a business, unfair methods of competition and,...more
As previously highlighted by Benesch, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) kicked off 2023 by proposing an unprecedented, sweeping “crack-down” on non-competition agreements. The FTC's proposed rule (“Rule”) would ban...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
On January 4, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced settlements with three companies for their use of employee non-compete restrictions in alleged violation of Section 5 of the FTC Act. Specifically, the FTC...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, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission), an agency charged with enforcing federal antitrust laws and protecting competition, proposed a new rule that would prohibit “employers” from imposing...more
On Jan. 5, the United States Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) proposed a new rule which acts as a complete ban—both prospectively and retroactively—on all non-competition agreements (“non-compete(s)”) (the “Proposed...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its proposal of a new rule on January 5, 2023, that would ban employers from imposing noncompete clauses on their workers and invalidate all existing noncompetes currently in...more
On January 5, 2023, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking under the FTC Act with far-reaching implications for U.S. employers. If enacted and enforced, the proposed rule would prohibit...more