On January 27, 2025, President Trump terminated National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) General Counsel Jennifer A. Abruzzo and Board Member Gwynne Wilcox. While Abruzzo’s termination was widely anticipated, Wilcox’s...more
On October 7, 2024, National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) General Counsel Jennifer A. Abruzzo issued Memorandum GC 25-01, where she argues for expansive remedies for employers who violate the National Labor Relations Act...more
On August 20, 2024, the court in Ryan LLC v. FTC, pending in the Northern District of Texas, granted the plaintiff and intervenors’ motions for summary judgment. The court ruled that the FTC lacked statutory authority to...more
At present, the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) final rule on non-competes (the “Rule”) is set to go into effect on September 4, 2024 for virtually every for-profit employer in the United States.
Though legal...more
On Wednesday, July 3, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Ryan, LLC v. Federal Trade Commission granted a limited stay of the effective date for the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) final rule on...more
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in a party-line vote, approved its final rule banning most non-compete agreements.
The final rule bans all non-competes nationwide, including de facto non-competes,...more
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Non-compete agreements are coming under increased scrutiny across the United States with several states and municipalities implementing new restrictions on these agreements in the employment...more
The Attorney General for the State of Texas recently filed suit against Meta (formerly Facebook) alleging that the company violated the Texas Capture and Use of Biometric Identifier Act (“CUBI”) and the Texas Deceptive Trade...more
Congress passed the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 (H.R. 4445) and on March 3, 2022 President Biden signed it into law (the “Act”). The Act amends the Federal Arbitration Act...more