The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 2024 little resembles its former self. The agency has drifted away from its post as a ...

Third, while there was a federal district court decision in Pennsylvania that upheld the power of the FTC to issue the rule (see July 26, 2024 Alert), the plaintiff in that case now has no ...

As the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) seeks to ban nearly all employee non-compete agreements in the United States (see April 25, 2024 Alert), the question of whether the agency has the power to ...

An FTC spokesperson told me in an email that the ... show they have the backing of Congress before using broad regulatory power. As both a labor and a free-market issue, noncompetes bring unlikely ...

Noncompete agreements play a crucial role in healthcare ... exclusively for taxpaying hospitals, the FTC would create an unlevel playing field for hospitals seeking to attract and retain top- ...

has also embraced the FTC’s push. Aaron Schur, Yelp’s general counsel, said in a statement that the rule “will improve the review landscape for consumers and help level the playing field for ...

When the case was filed, Josh Robbins, an attorney at Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF), said, "Congress never gave the FTC power to rewrite ... General Counsel. "They play a vital role in ...

FTC argues Kroger merger would harm unionized workers' bargaining power Policing anticompetitive ... it decreases the ability of unions to play the two chains off each other in bargaining for ...

The FTC also argues the deal should be blocked because it decreases the ability of unions to play the two chains off ... laws have no place in the field of labor relations," they said.