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Oct 24, 2024 | 
academic.oup.com | Andrew Finch
Recovery high schools have become a key setting supporting the adolescent recovery process over the last fifty years. This book provides the first major historical account of the recovery high school movement from its beginnings in the alternative schools of the 1970s that overlapped with the first adolescent substance use treatment programs. Our understanding of recovery high schools has evolved along with our understanding of addiction and recovery.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
preachingtoday.com | John Johnson |Andrew Finch
In Sacred Rhythms, Ruth Haley Barton begins with the words, “One of the things that still surprises me this far along in life is how and when and with what power my longing stirs.” Slow for a moment and ponder her statement. Do you find yourself experiencing the same wonder?
Desire is an integral part of life. It explains why, amid our ministry task, we find ourselves facing occasional restlessness. We come to seasons when we begin to long for a new chapter.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
preachingtoday.com | Andrew Finch
Welp it is that time again! As the 2024-2025 school year begins, we at Preaching Today want to take a look back at the 2023-2024 school year and the winners of the 2024 Preaching Today Biblical Preaching Award.
It is our pleasure to partner with four amazing schools and to present this annual award to one student from each school. These preachers stood out from among their peers.
This award is given to a student who exhibits biblical preaching applied to everyday life.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Robert Atkins |Joseph J. Bial |Rebecca Coccaro |Lina Dagnew |Andrew J. Ehrlich |Reuven Falik | +19 more
A federal district court in Texas ruled on the merits that the FTC does not have statutory authority to promulgate the Non-Compete Clause Rule and that the rule is arbitrary and capricious. As a consequence, the court set aside the rule under the Administrative Procedure Act and ordered that it “shall not be enforced or otherwise take effect.” The order is nationwide in scope and not party-specific. Two other challenges to the rule are pending in other district courts.
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Aug 6, 2024 | 
news.vanderbilt.edu | Robert A. Caro |Andrew Finch
Rooted in authentic connection and engagement, Vanderbilt’s residential college experience is a special aspect of student life at the university. Undergraduate houses and colleges are led by faculty, with their families and pets, who live with students, creating another vibrant layer of learning and community. Meet the university’s newest faculty heads of house and heads of college in this special series.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Robert Atkins |Joseph J. Bial |Rebecca Coccaro |Lina Dagnew |Andrew J. Ehrlich |Reuven Falik | +16 more
Current state of affairsTwo different federal district courts have now issued two different rulings in similar challenges to the same FTC Non-Compete Clause Rule. In the first, Ryan, et al. v. Federal Trade Commission, No. 24-cv-986 (N.D. Tex. July 3, 2024), the court granted plaintiffs’ motions for preliminary injunction and stayed the effective date of the rule pending a ruling on the merits. In the second, ATS Tree Services, LLC v.
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Jun 12, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Joseph J. Bial |Andrew Finch |Marta P. Kelly |Scott Sher |Joshua Soven |Aidan Synnott | +1 more
In a recent hospital merger challenge brought by the FTC, defendants successfully asserted a version of the “failing firm” defense to avoid a preliminary injunction. Even though the FTC lost, the court’s evaluation of the defense was generally in line with the Merger Guidelines. However, the court’s reasoning suggests that in some circumstances defendants may assert the failing firm defense successfully without having to adhere rigidly to each and every purported element stated in the guidelines.
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May 28, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Joseph J. Bial |Andrew Finch |Jessica Phillips |Jacqueline P. Rubin |Scott Sher |Joshua Soven | +2 more
The U.S. federal antitrust agencies are seeking public comment from consumers, workers. suppliers, businesses, advocacy organizations, trade and professional associations, and others on “serial acquisitions and roll-up strategies” and may use information received to inform “enforcement priorities and future actions.” Comments are due by July 22, 2024.
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May 2, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Joseph J. Bial |Meredith R. Dearborn |Andrew Finch |Jacqueline P. Rubin |Scott Sher |Joshua Soven | +5 more
The FTC recently sued to block Tapestry’s proposed acquisition of Capri, alleging that the effect of the combination of the companies’ handbag brands may be to substantially lessen competition. The complaint relies heavily on the December 2023 FTC-DOJ Merger Guidelines and presents one of the first opportunities for a federal court to weigh in on the validity of several theories of harm described in those guidelines.
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Apr 24, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Robert Atkins |Joseph J. Bial |Rebecca Coccaro |Andrew Finch |Jarrett Hoffman |Brad S. Karp | +16 more
The FTC’s final non-compete clause rule would ban all new and nearly all existing employer-worker non-competes. The ban would go into effect 120 days after publication in the Federal Register. The final rule is only slightly narrower in scope than the initial proposed rule. The final rule does not ban existing non-compete agreements with “senior executives,” and it retains and expands upon an exemption for non-compete agreements related to sale of a business.
