Noncompete Agreements Survive the FTC and a Noncompete Provision Survives Rejection
Debtors should carefully consider the impact of these contingencies in evaluating whether noncompete clauses survive ...
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FTC Rules On Right To Repair
through restrictive firmware and digital rights management (DRM), all the way down to “disparagement of non-OEM parts and independent repair services”. While the FTC isn’t making any new ...
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FTC pins blame on massive Xbox leaks on Microsoft
Originally, these documents were provided by Microsoft as part of evidence in the FTC's ongoing case against Microsoft and its proposed $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard. When the ...
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FTC Ban On Noncompetes: 7 Things Employees And Executives Must Know
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a final rule banning noncompete ... The rule does not apply to noncompetes that are part of a corporate acquisition or sale of business interests.
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Part 3: What the FTC’s Final Rule Means for Incentivized Reviews
In this post, part of a six-part series, we explore what the FTC’s Final Rule on consumer reviews and testimonials means for incentivized reviews.[1] The Final Rule prohibits businesses from ...
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The Last-Minute Curveball for a Big FTC Ban
An FTC spokesperson told me in an email that the agency was “seriously considering” appealing the Texas judge’s ruling. Even if the agency doesn’t salvage its own ban, though, a ...
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Lina Khan’s Noncompete Ban Goes Down in Court
Maybe one of these days the FTC Chair will show respect for legal boundaries. Judge Ada Brown scored the FTC for overstepping its authority by issuing a 570-page rule this spring that prohibits ...
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FTC Noncompete Rule – And FTC Competition Rulemaking – Are On The Ropes
Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I'm an antitrust expert and former FTC general counsel. On August 20, federal trial court judge Ada Brown in the Northern District of Texas ...
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2 FTC commissioners call dealership discrimination claim by agency an overreach
calling it a violation of the FTC Act's unfair competition ban and referencing the three-part unfairness threshold found in the law. Coulter Buick GMC Tempe wrote that it especially disagreed with ...
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Care.com to refund $8.5M to customers for its ‘deceptive’ practices, FTC says
The Federal Trade Commission said Monday that Care.com had agreed to a proposed $8.5 million settlement to address what the FTC called “unlawful practices,” which include misleading both the ...
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Pinterest, Inc. (PINS)
Tipograph says that an election underlines the need for brand safety for advertisers, which could make Pinterest (PINS) a more attractive alternative to TikTok than Snapchat or Meta. Pinterest is ...