On February 3, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division (DOJ) announced that it is withdrawing three policy statements the DOJ and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued between 1993 and 2011, related to...more
2/7/2023
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Competition ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Healthcare ,
Information Sharing ,
Joe Biden ,
Safe Harbors ,
Sherman Act ,
Third-Party Service Provider
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has recently turned its focus to employee noncompete clauses, with the agency announcing a proposed regulation on January 5, 2023 that would implement a near-comprehensive ban across the...more
1/27/2023
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Employment Contract ,
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FTC Act ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Non-Solicitation Agreements ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Technology Sector
With steep inflation and seemingly constant disruptions in supply chains for all manner of goods, the Biden Administration has turned increasingly to antitrust authorities to tame price increases and stem future bottlenecks....more
8/4/2022
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Compliance ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement ,
Executive Orders ,
FBI ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Market Manipulation ,
Price Inflation ,
Request For Information ,
Supply Chain ,
Vertical Mergers
Earlier this month — July 9, 2022 — marked the one-year anniversary of President Biden’s Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy (Executive Order). The Executive Order was notable in its breadth and...more
7/27/2022
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Competition ,
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Food Manufacturers ,
FRAND ,
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Healthcare ,
Manufacturers ,
Memorandum of Understanding ,
Mergers ,
NIST ,
NLRB ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
ROI ,
USDA ,
USPTO
In remarks on September 29, 2021, a senior official from the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) outlined the agency’s shift in approach to issues surrounding technology industry standards. The remarks foreshadowed...more
Last week saw two notable competition-related developments from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The first relates to the FTC’s approval of eight new compulsory process resolutions in high-priority areas. The second...more
9/27/2021
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Common Ownership ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
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Executive Orders ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Endorsement Guidelines ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Monopolization ,
Omnibus Guidance ,
The Clayton Act ,
Vertical Mergers
On Friday, July 9, 2021, President Biden issued a sweeping Executive Order that could have far-reaching implications for businesses across a broad spectrum of industries. The Executive Order takes a government-wide approach...more
7/15/2021
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Antitrust Violations ,
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Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Healthcare ,
Joe Biden ,
Manufacturers ,
Mergers ,
No-Poaching ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Wage-Fixing