On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") voted 3-2 to issue a new rule that will dramatically impact employers that use noncompete agreements to protect their business.
The Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on March 28, 2024, weighed in for the third time in recent months in support of plaintiffs in class action lawsuits.
Following a 2022 ProPublica article reporting on the use of a third-party software to inflate rents in "a new kind of cartel," a new wave of antitrust enforcement.
As reported in an earlier Client Alert, on November 7, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission challenged 100 patents as improperly listed in the Food and Drug Administration's "Approved Drug Products.