October 31, 2024
Barbara T. Sicalides (LAW ’89) outlines the FTC’s new rules governing premerger notification filings under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act.
September 23, 2024
Barbara Sicalides (LAW ’89) and Matthew DelDuca discuss the recent injunction of the FTC’s ban on noncompete agreements from a Texas court.
July 19, 2023
Barbara Sicalides (LAW ’89) and Alexis Fennell (LAW ’21) co-authored an article discussing the FTC’s treatment of an offensive noncompete provision, going beyond the subject of their initial investigation, the parties’ asset purchase agreement.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 2016 published Antitrust Guidance for Human Resource Professionals warning of criminal remedies for those participating in illegal no-poach agreements. Recently, the DOJ and FTC made good on that promise by filing the first public criminal indictment alleging a conspiracy between companies in which they agreed not to poach each other’s employees. The DOJ and FTC warned they could take such actions when “naked” wage-fixing and no-poach agreements were per se illegal violations under the antitrust laws.
Duane Morris, LLP partner discusses the effect of legalizing CBD products on FDA and FTC consumer protection action.
Temple Law alumnus Carl Hittinger discusses the positions of the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice as calls for antitrust investigations into “Big Tech” companies escalate. The agencies, which share civil antitrust enforcement authority, reportedly are tussling over the right to investigate social media, online retail, search engine, and app store companies, raising the possibility of wasted resources, duplicative investigations, inconsistent positions, and confusion.
Temple Law Alumni Patrick Hromisin discusses the record-breaking Facebook-FTC settlement and what this settlement means for other companies with data privacy concerns.
Barbara T. Sicalides (LAW ‘89) highlights a DOJ and FTC report that details how to avoid antitrust lawsuits in job markets
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia recently granted the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) motion to preliminarily enjoin the merger of Staples and Office Depot, the country’s two largest brick-and-mortar retailers and distributors of office supplies.[1] The injunction caused the companies to abandon the merger. Background Interestingly, the FTC’s theory was not based