Justin Murphy

1 month ago | lexology.com | Daryl Leon |Justin Murphy

Key Takeaways: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) remains focused on “rooting out and prosecuting unfair labor-market practices that harm American workers.” The FTC will implement an internal Joint Labor Task Force (Task Force), comprised of representatives from the Bureau of Competition, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Bureau of Economics, and Office of Policy Planning to accomplish these goals.

2 months ago | mondaq.com | Justin Murphy |Tyson Y. Herrold |Daryl Leon

Only days before the presidential inauguration, the Departmentof Justice (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) releasedupdated Antitrust Guidelines for Business Activities AffectingWorkers (the 2025 Guidelines). The 2025 Guidelines replace the Agencies' 2016 AntitrustGuidance for Human Resource Professionals (2016 Guidelines), whichannounced, among other things, that the DOJ intended to pursuecriminal charges for certain no-poach agreements concerningemployees.

Nov 22, 2024 | mondaq.com | Kristen Jackson |Justin Murphy |Patrick Campbell |Jamie Reiner

B BakerHostetler More Recognized as one of the top firms for client service, BakerHostetler is a leading national law firm that helps clients around the world address their most complex and critical business and regulatory issues. With five core national practice groups — Business, Labor and Employment, Intellectual Property, Litigation, and Tax — the firm has more than 970 lawyers located in 14 offices coast to coast.

Sep 24, 2024 | today.westlaw.com | Justin Murphy |Margaret Butler |Steven Goldberg |Matt Schock

(October 01, 2024) - Justin P. Murphy, Margaret Isa Butler, Steven H. Goldberg and Matt Schock of BakerHostetler explain how the Justice Department, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency are changing their practices in bank merger reviews. •Changes to federal agencies' bank merger review policies have shifted the landscape for financial institutions, raising questions and introducing new uncertainties to the review process.

Sep 24, 2024 | lexology.com | Justin Murphy |Margaret Butler |Steven Goldberg |Matt Schock

Key TakeawaysChanges to federal agencies’ bank merger review policies have shifted the landscape for financial institutions, raising questions and introducing new uncertainties to the review process. Agency leadership and the policies of the next administration could significantly affect the practical implementation of these policies; in the meantime, merging parties may wish to prepare for potentially longer review periods.