Mackenzie W.J. Jessup

Sep 19, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Mackenzie W.J. Jessup |Ryan J. Strasser

This article was originally published on September 18, 2024 on Bloomberg Law and is republished here with permission. The Northern District of Texas's nationwide ban on the Federal Trade Commission's noncompete rule isn't a complete bar to government enforcement. The rule sought to curb unfair methods of competition and would have voided employees' noncompete provisions. It required employers to send notice that noncompete agreements are no longer enforceable.

Sep 18, 2024 | news.bloomberglaw.com | Ryan J. Strasser |Mackenzie W.J. Jessup

The Northern District of Texas’s nationwide ban on the Federal Trade Commission’s noncompete rule isn’t a complete bar to government enforcement. The rule sought to curb unfair methods of competition and would have voided employees’ noncompete provisions. It required employers to send notice that noncompete agreements are no longer enforceable.

Aug 21, 2024 | jdsupra.com | Mackenzie W.J. Jessup |Robyn Lin |Jean Smith-Gonnell

What’s HappeningLast week, the Maine Public Utilities Commission (the commission) heard an unusual pitch: an electric utility proposed to voluntarily report to law enforcement if residential utility usage suggested illegal marijuana grow enterprises — without the law enforcement agency submitting a subpoena or obtaining a warrant.

Jan 30, 2024 | lexblog.com | Ashley Taylor |Robert Angle |Mackenzie W.J. Jessup

In a recent case involving TikTok and the state of North Carolina, the social media giant was compelled to produce detailed information for 98,000 meetings, despite its claim that this violated its Fourth Amendment rights. As noted by Troutman Pepper’s Ashley Taylor, Robert Angle and Mackenzie Jessup in a recent article for Law360, this case highlights the differences between responding to state investigations and standard civil litigation.

Jan 29, 2024 | law360.com | Ashley Taylor |Robert Angle |Mackenzie W.J. Jessup

ADVERTISEMENT Don't want ads? Subscribe or login now. By Ashley Taylor, Robert Angle and Mackenzie Jessup (January 29, 2024, 2:01 PM EST) -- Companies facing state attorney general investigations beware: State attorneys general have broad powers to obtain information through civil investigation demands, and often times resistance to those efforts results in negative consequences. ...