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Nov 12, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Jared Nagley |Ann M. O'Brien |Joy O. Siu
Antitrust has taken center stage under the Biden Administration,
and the Food and Beverage industry has been one of the main targets
of increased enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission
("FTC") and Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
("DOJ") (together, the "Agencies"). Since the
pandemic, Americans have seen the cost of their grocery bills rise
and politicians on both sides of the aisle have taken notice.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Leo Caseria |Jared Nagley |ANN O'BRIENAnn O'Brien |Joy O. Siu
Republican and Democrat candidates alike have promised along the
campaign trail that they will work to address the costs of everyday
essentials for American consumers, particularly for food.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
law360.com | Jared Nagley |Joy O. Siu
By Jared Nagley and Joy Siu ( October 22, 2024, 5:48 PM EDT) -- Given the Biden administration's emphasis on antitrust enforcement over the past four years, there has been understandable speculation leading up to November's presidential election about how the next administration could affect the approaches to enforcement taken by the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division.... Law360 is on it, so you are, too.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
law360.com | Jared Nagley |Joy O. Siu
By Jared Nagley and Joy Siu ( October 22, 2024, 5:48 PM EDT) -- Given the Biden administration's emphasis on antitrust enforcement over the past four years, there has been understandable speculation leading up to November's presidential election about how the next administration could affect the approaches to enforcement taken by the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division.... Law360 is on it, so you are, too.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
law360.com | Jared Nagley |Joy O. Siu
By Jared Nagley and Joy Siu ( October 22, 2024, 5:48 PM EDT) -- Given the Biden administration's emphasis on antitrust enforcement over the past four years, there has been understandable speculation leading up to November's presidential election about how the next administration could affect the approaches to enforcement taken by the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division.... Law360 is on it, so you are, too.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
law360.com | Jared Nagley |Joy O. Siu
By Jared Nagley and Joy Siu · October 22, 2024, 5:48 PM EDT Given the Biden administration's emphasis on antitrust enforcement over the past four years, there has been understandable speculation leading up to November's presidential election about how the next administration could affect... To view the full article, register now.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Joy O. Siu
On the eve of the July 1, 2024 deadline for businesses to comply with California’s so-called junk fee ban (“SB 478”), Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law SB 1524, which allows restaurants, bars, and other food services businesses that sell directly to consumers to continue using surcharges so long as such fees are “clearly and conspicuously” displayed.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
lexology.com | John Carroll |Jonathan Clark |Stephen Fox |Ann M. O'Brien |Lindsay Stone |Mikela T. Sutrina | +1 more
On July 3, 2024, Judge Ada Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas entered a limited, preliminary injunction barring the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) from enforcing its controversial Final Rule (“Rule”) which purports to ban almost all non-compete agreements. Importantly, Judge Brown’s preliminary order only enjoined enforcement of the Final Rule against the named plaintiffs who opposed it.
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Apr 25, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | John Carroll |Leo Caseria |Jonathan Clark |Thomas Dillickrath |John Carroll |Jonathan Clark | +6 more
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) voted 3-2 to issue its final rule (“Final Rule”) banning employers from imposing noncompete clauses on their workers, approving the final rule in a special Open Commission Meeting. The FTC issued the Final Rule more than 15 months after publishing a proposed rule. Since that time, the FTC has received tens of thousands of comments, with the FTC claiming that 25,000 of the 26,000 comments received supported a ban on noncompetes.
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Mar 15, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | John Carroll |Joy O. Siu |Jake Walker
On March 5, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission ("the
FTC") hosted a public workshop titled "Private Capital,
Public Impact: An FTC Workshop on Private Equity in Health
Care", which covered the impact of private equity investment
on the health care system. The workshop included panelists from the
FTC, the Department of Justice ("the DOJ"), the
Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS")
(together, "the Agencies"), academic thought-leaders, and
health care professionals.
