Jesse Coleman

Sep 25, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Jesse Coleman |Dawn Mertineit

Just over a month ago, employers throughout the United States breathed a sigh of relief after Judge Ada Brown in the Northern District of Texas issued a summary judgment ruling in the Ryan v. FTC litigation setting aside the FTC’s rule banning the vast majority of non-competes (the “Rule”).

Aug 22, 2024 | mondaq.com | Michael Wexler |Katherine Perrelli |Robert Milligan |Jesse Coleman

This just in: Judge Ada Brown ruled today on the parties' dueling summary judgment motions – 10 days before her self-imposed deadline to do so – in Ryan LLC v. FTC. Judge Brown granted the plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment while denying the FTC's motion, determining that the FTC's rule banning non-competes is an unlawful agency action and must be set aside.

May 4, 2024 | lexology.com | Jesse Coleman |Robert Milligan |Michael Wexler

On May 3, 2024, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas entered an Order staying the proceedings in Chamber of Commerce v. FTC by granting the FTC’s motion to apply the first-to-file doctrine, in which a district court should generally order “stay, transfer, or dismissal” of a second-filed action that substantially overlaps with a pending, first-filed action—in this case, Ryan, LLC v. FTC.

Apr 24, 2024 | lexblog.com | Jesse Coleman |Brandon Bigelow

On April 18, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), Justice Department (“DOJ”), and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) launched an online reporting portal, HealthyCompetition.gov, for the public to report potentially unfair and anticompetitive health care practices.