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Jan 23, 2025 | 
natlawreview.com | Kevin Hahm
What Happened: The Federal Trade Commission published revised Hart-Scott-Rodino (“HSR”) thresholds and updated filing fees, and revised thresholds for interlocking directorates, in the Federal Register. The new thresholds and filing fees become effective on February 21, 2025. The Bottom Line: The new HSR thresholds are higher than current thresholds, and the new filing fees have been increased for transactions valued above $555.5 million.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Kevin Hahm
Skip to main content October 14, 2024 Volume XIV, Number 288 Legal Analysis. Expertly Written. Quickly Found.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Kevin Hahm
Background: Earlier this year we reported on the FTC’s Final Rule banning non-competes—a final rule which will have drastic effects for employers and employees alike should the rule go into effect on September 4, 2024.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Kevin Hahm |Leslie W. Kostyshak |Ryan Glasgow |Katherine Pauly
Background: Earlier this year we reported on the FTC’s Final Rule banning non-competes—a final rule which will have drastic effects for employers and employees alike should the rule go into effect on September 4, 2024.
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Apr 26, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Kevin Hahm
What Happened: On April 23, 2024, the FTC announced its final rule (Final Rule) banning non-competes. Passed in a 3 to 2 vote along party lines, the Final Rule formalizes the proposed rule issued in January 2023. With a broad sweeping prohibition on future and most existing non-competes, the Final Rule could present significant legal hurdles for companies should the Final Rule go into effect.
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Apr 25, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Kevin Hahm
What HappenedThe Federal Trade Commission took several significant, unprecedented steps last week in its recent campaign against noncompetes. For the first time ever, the FTC sued to halt unlawful noncompete restrictions in the employment context. Only a day later, the agency proposed a rule that would ban nearly all employee noncompetes throughout the United States.
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Apr 25, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Austin Maloney |Jordan G. Sisco |Ryan Glasgow |Kevin Hahm |Tyler S. Laughinghouse
Background On January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) published a proposed rule (the “Proposed Rule”) that would have had the effect of banning nearly all employee non-competes throughout the United States and invalidate all such existing agreements subject to a few exceptions.[1] We wrote about the Proposed Rule at the time of publication and are providing an update on the Final Rule that was released by the FTC on April 23, 2024 (the “Final Rule”) after a lengthy review and...
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Apr 22, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Katherine Pauly |Kevin Hahm |Phyllis H. Marcus
In January 2023, the FTC announced a proposed rule that would ban employers from imposing noncompetes on employees. After collecting over 26,000 public comments during the 90-day notice and comment period, the FTC announced a special Open Commission Meeting set to take place on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 to discuss the implications of the proposed rule. While closed to public comment, the public is still able to view the meeting via webcast.
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Feb 22, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Kevin Hahm
What Happened: The Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (the “Agencies”) recently announced that updated language addressing the preservation of “ephemeral messages” and collaboration tools common in business settings will be incorporated into all means by which the Agencies obtain documentary evidence, including standard preservation letters and specifications for all second requests, voluntary access letters and compulsory legal process, including...
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Mar 14, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Leslie W. Kostyshak |Kevin Hahm |Phyllis H. Marcus |Alexandra Glazer
What Happened: On March 10, the FTC announced that it is seeking public comment on franchise agreements and franchisor business practices, specifically as they pertain to how franchisors exert control over franchisees and their workers. The agency is seeking clarity on the unequal bargaining power it believes is inherent in franchisor contracts and that ultimately impacts franchisees, workers, and consumers.
