Additional Important Updates on the FTC’s Non-Compete Ban August.21.2024 The Rule is Blocked Nationwide: On August 20, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Ryan, LLC v. FTC, granted...more
The Rule is Blocked Nationwide: On August 20, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Ryan, LLC v. FTC, granted Plaintiff-Intervenors’ motion for summary judgment, holding that the FTC’s...more
Decision in ATS Tree Services: On July 23, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in ATS Tree Services v. FTC denied the plaintiff’s motion for a preliminary injunction seeking a nationwide...more
Additional Important Updates on the FTC’s Non-Compete Ban Decision in Ryan LLC: On July 3, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in Ryan, LLC v. FTC, issued a preliminary injunction staying the effective...more
In a novel and sweeping act of substantive rulemaking, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) determined that non-compete agreements between employers and workers constitute an “unfair method of competition” prohibited under...more
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have finalized their revamped Merger Guidelines. The 2023 iteration reflects hostility and skepticism toward M&A. Its impact on enforcement, however, is...more
The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice Antitrust Division recently took two significant steps to overhaul merger reviews.
Proposed changes to the Merger Guidelines that would push the envelope in certain...more
What’s Happening? The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has requested comment on whether to retain, modify or rescind the Green Guides, which were originally issued in 1992 and last revised in 2012. Comments are due April...more
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently withdrew three longstanding health care focused antitrust enforcement policy statements that had provided certain “safety zones” for mergers, joint ventures, group purchasing, and...more
On July 9, 2021, President Biden signed an “Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy”, which encouraged the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) to “exercise the FTC’s statutory rulemaking authority...more