Welcome to Competition Currents, a monthly newsletter for Greenberg Traurig clients and colleagues highlighting significant recent developments in global antitrust and competition law.
FTC proposed new rule that would prevent employers from entering non-compete agreements with their employees. Non-compete agreements prohibit employees from working for a competing employer or starting a competing business, typically within a set geographic area.
On March 15, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois held in the case of Rogers v. BNSF Railway Company, No. 19-C-3083, 2022 WL 787955 (N.D. Ill. Mar. 15,.
The Supreme Court of Ohio heard the case on Wednesday. Author: Kevin Landers Updated: 9:25 AM EDT April 29, 2021
MARYSVILLE, Ohio Union County homeowners west of Marysville say they’re tired of seeing trains sit idle at intersections, sometimes for longer than an hour, preventing them from getting to where they need to be.
“It s a big inconvenience when you live 10 minutes from town and it takes you a half-hour to get there or longer, said one homeowner, who did not want to share his name.
But it’s more than time wasted in the car that has people like him frustrated.
BIPA Preemption is Punted Past Initial Pleading Stage Wednesday, April 28, 2021
Once again, we find ourselves reviewing a pertinent decision regarding the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”). For our new readers, BIPA regulates the sale and storage of “biometric information”. In 2008, when the legislature enacted it, BIPA was acknowledged as forward thinking. Since then, it has consistently raised novel issues in litigation. A recent case revisits an issue that we have discussed before: whether certain federal statutes may preempt BIPA. In this case, ultimately, the court was unable to reach the issue at the earliest pleading stage. Read on to learn more.