FTC’s final rule will generate over 8,500 new businesses each year, raise worker wages, lower health care costs, and boost innovation Today, the Federal Trade Commission issued a final rule to promote competition by banning noncompetes nationwide, protecting the fundamental freedom of workers to change jobs, increasing innovation, and fostering new...

The following outline provides a high-level overview of the FTC’s proposed final rule:View Press Release

FTC providing more than $5.6 million to consumers whose accounts were vulnerable The Federal Trade Commission is sending refunds totaling more than $5.6 million to consumers as the result of a settlement with Ring over charges the company allowed employees and contractors to access consumers’ private videos and failed to implement security protections,...

Ayoubi will serve as an independent decision maker in administrative complaint proceedings The Federal Trade Commission announced the appointment of Dania L. Ayoubi to serve as one of the agency’s Administrative Law Judges, who are responsible for independent adjudicative fact-finding in the agency’s administrative litigation and rulemaking proceedings.View...

$8.5 billion deal would eliminate competition between Coach, Kate Spade, and Michael Kors The Federal Trade Commission today sued to block Tapestry, Inc.’s $8.5 billion acquisition of Capri Holdings Limited, a deal that seeks to combine three close competitors – Tapestry’s Coach and Kate Spade brands and Capri’s Michael Kors brand. If allowed, the...

The Federal Trade Commission has issued an order approving modifications that the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority has proposed to its Registration Rule.View Press Release