As expected, a Texas federal court blocked the Federal Trade Commission’s rule banning noncompete clauses. Our Labor & Employment and Antitrust Groups break down the court’s reasoning and look ahead to what might come next....more
A federal judge has partially blocked a rule by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to ban most employer noncompete agreements. Our Labor & Employment and Antitrust teams weigh in on the impending ban’s uncertain future....more
Our Labor & Employment and Antitrust teams unpack the new Federal Trade Commission rule banning most employer noncompete clauses....more
Our Antitrust and Mergers & Acquisitions Groups analyze this year’s Hart–Scott–Rodino Act adjustments and the Federal Trade Commission’s plans for a potential government shutdown....more
Our Antitrust Team examines finalized guidelines from the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission that set forth more aggressive standards for horizontal and vertical M&A transactions....more
The first month of 2022 brought multiple significant developments impacting how the U.S. antitrust enforcement agencies review proposed transactions. These include not only the annual adjustments to the filing thresholds...more
Banking has evolved over the quarter century since the Department of Justice Antitrust Division released its 1995 Bank Merger Competitive Review Guidelines. Our Financial Services & Products and Antitrust groups explain what...more
Our Antitrust and Labor & Employment Groups note internal safeguards that retail executives, legal departments, and human resources managers should implement to reduce their antitrust risks as they face workforce issues...more
The recent document breach of unprecedented size (2.6 terabytes) from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca—known as “The Panama Papers”—poses various significant risks to corporations, private organizations, individual...more