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Arnold & Porter
The federal antitrust authorities — the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) — are both pursuing aggressive enforcement agendas.
Robins Kaplan
Non-compete agreements have been among the tools businesses often rely upon to prevent the unauthorized dissemination of confidential and trade secret information to competitors.
Crowell & Moring LLP
Each week, Crowell & Moring's State Attorneys General team highlights significant actions that State AGs have taken.
MoginRubin
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule to ban non-compete agreements for most workers in the United States, action the Commission says will increase...
Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider
Expanding the range of ways they can identify and investigate potential competition concerns in healthcare, DOJ, FTC, and HHS recently announced the introduction of HealthyCompetition.gov...
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") issued its Final Rule banning employers from imposing post-employment noncompete requirements on their workers (the "Final Rule").
Milbank LLP
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (the "FTC") issued the Non-Compete Clause Rule (the "Final Rule") that bans all new non-compete clauses with employees at all levels, including senior executives, after the effective date.
Mayer Brown
For decades, many courts and legislatures at the state and federal level have largely approved the use of non-compete covenants between employers and employees.
Dickinson Wright PLLC
Existing noncompetes that were entered into before the effective date remain in force for senior executives, which the
Final Rule defines as a worker in a "policy-making position" with a total annual...
Mintz
Member Vanessa Yen and Special Counsel Evan Diamond spoke with Bloomberg Law on the US Patent and Trademark Office's proposed rule that would require parties ...
Proskauer Rose LLP
On Thursday, April 18, the Department of Justice ("DOJ"), the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC"), and the Department of Health and Human Services...
Jones Day
This week, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") voted 3-2 along party lines to finalize a rule that bans noncompete clauses in employment agreements as a per se illegal "unfair method...
WilmerHale
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission, in a highly anticipated vote, passed the Non-Compete Clause Rule, 16 CFR § 910, which purports to bar all non-competes in the United States, subject to limited exceptions.
Holland & Knight
The Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on March 28, 2024, weighed in for the third time in recent months in support of plaintiffs in class action lawsuits...
MoginRubin
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed an administrative complaint to block Tapestry, Inc.'s acquisition of Capri Holdings Limited, a deal valued at $8.5 billion.
Butler Snow LLP
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") voted 3-2 to issue a new rule that will dramatically impact employers that use noncompete agreements to protect their business...
Crowell & Moring LLP
Crowell attorneys attended the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) Spring Symposium in Chicago, Illinois on April 24-26.
Crowell & Moring LLP
As reported in an earlier Client Alert, on November 7, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission challenged 100 patents as improperly listed in the Food and Drug Administration's "Approved Drug Products...
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Steptoe LLP
Senior associate Zanda Romata authored an article for The European Journal for Substances and the Law (StoffR) titled "Sustainability Agreement Among Competitors: New Guidance from the EU and UK."
MoginRubin
The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation to assess whether animal health company Zoetis may have breached EU competition rules by preventing the market launch of a competing novel biologic medicine used to treat chronic pain in dogs.
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