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Jul 12, 2024 | businesslawtoday.org | Barbara Sicalides |Julian J. Weiss |Aminata Diallo |Daniel Anziska

As workers were leaving their offices for the Fourth of July holiday, the Northern District of Texas issued its much-anticipated order preliminarily enjoining the effective date of the controversial noncompete ban rule issued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The court’s decision, however, is limited to the named plaintiffs in the case—a tax accounting firm and several business groups.

Jul 10, 2024 | businesslawtoday.org | Barbara Sicalides |Aminata Diallo |Julian J. Weiss |Daniel Anziska

Federal and state antitrust enforcement agencies, as well as private plaintiffs, are actively investigating and challenging companies within the same industry using common pricing algorithms, along with the software vendors or the data analytics firms that provide pricing recommendations or industry reports related to pricing. The challenges are industry-agnostic, thus far covering algorithms used in multifamily rental housing, health insurance, and hotels, as well as agricultural data reporting.