ArticleFTC Releases New Data On Horizontal Merger InvestigationsThe U.S. Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") released a staff report earlier this month that provides new data on the agency’s horizontal merger investigations.United StatesAntitrust/Competition LawRopes & Gray LLP
ArticleLegislation Permitting Healthcare Providers To Negotiate Jointly With Health Insurers Introduced In CongressLegislation was recently introduced that would permit healthcare providers to negotiate with health insurers without running afoul of the antitrust laws.United StatesAntitrust/Competition LawDickinson Wright PLLC
ArticleNew Commission Guidelines on FinesOn June 28, 2006, the Commission adopted new guidelines ("Guidelines") on the method of setting fines for breaches of articles 81 and 82 of the EC Treaty.United StatesAntitrust/Competition LawMorrison Foerster
ArticleU.S. Federal Trade Commission – FTC Chairman's Statement On Revocation Of Biden – Harris Executive Order On CompetitionThe Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") applauded the recent revocation of the Biden–Harris Administration's Executive Order on Competition.United StatesAntitrust/Competition LawNAZALI Attorney Partnership
ArticleBusinesses Beware: New York's FAIR Business Practices Act Now In EffectThe FAIR Act is the most significant revamp of New York’s consumer protection law in a half-century and became effective on February 17, 2026. United StatesConsumer ProtectionSkadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
ArticleConsumer Products Corner - Progress For Apparel And Luxury Players, Amidst Continuing Tariff TurmoilIn Q4 2025, apparel and luxury revenues rose sharply versus Q3 on stronger holiday spending, while consumer durables revenues fell amid weak housing-related activity and higher tariff-driven prices.United StatesConsumer ProtectionAlixPartners Asia LLC
ArticleBig Law Profits Soar Compounding The In-House Budget SqueezeCould there be a more striking contrast than the operating environments that exist within Big Law and corporate legal departments?United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawOutside GC
ArticleChancery Addresses Pleading-Stage Arguments For Dismissal In LLC DisputeThis decision provides helpful guidance to practitioners to address pleading-stage arguments for dismissal. United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawMorris James LLP
ArticleM&A And Portfolio Transactions In The Energy Sector: Deal Trends And Diligence Hot SpotsContact information for a legal professional, including an email address and professional headshot photograph. United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawFoley & Lardner LLP
ArticleOFCCP Announces Issuance Of 2,500 Corporate Scheduling Announcement LettersThe list consists of 2,500 establishments and is generated from OFCCP's Federal Contractor Selection System (FCSS). United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawFord Harrison LLP
ArticleOutcomes Of Investing In OTC StocksThe DERA of the Securities and Exchange Commission published a study recently that reviews, among other things, the performance of and the returns of investing in OTC stocks.United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawMorrison Foerster
ArticlePublic Companies Brace Yourselves: SEC Issues Game-Changing Rule On Climate-Related DisclosuresThe Climate and ESG Task Force was created over a year ago to improve transparency, consistency, and reliability. United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawCozen O'Connor
ArticleUtah Becomes Third State To Enact Smaller Commercial Transaction Disclosure LawThe law also provides that the UT DFI may accept public complaints about violations of the law.United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawKatten
ArticleWhite Collar Year In Preview: Impeachment ImplicationsThis is the seventh and last post in our start-of-year series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the coming year.United StatesCriminal LawFoley Hoag LLP
ArticleAetna Settles Class Action By Covering Fertility Treatments For Same-Sex Couples In Class-Action LawsuitA California federal district court has approved a preliminary settlement agreement in a class-action lawsuit against Aetna...United StatesEmployment and HRHall Benefits Law
ArticleBy Denying Cert. Petition, U.S. Supreme Court Allows 5th Circuit Decision Permitting Private Settlement Of FLSA Claims To StandOn Monday, December 10, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision.United StatesEmployment and HRLittler Mendelson
ArticleCalifornia Rejects Enforcement Of Restrictive Covenant In Employment AgreementA California Court of Appeal recently rejected a covenant not to compete included in an employment agreement.United StatesEmployment and HRDrinker Biddle & Reath LLP
ArticleCalifornia Security Guards’ On-Call Break Periods Not Compensable Work TimeA California appeals court in Augustus v. ABM Security Services, Inc. held that security guards who were "on-call" during rest breaks did not violate the California Labor Code's rest period requirements.United StatesEmployment and HRFenwick
ArticleDemocrats Ask DOL To Ditch Proposed Independent Contractor Rule In Favor Of 2024 StandardDemocratic members of the House Labor Caucus have asked the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to rescind its proposed independent contractor rule and return to the stronger 2024 standard established during the Biden...United StatesEmployment and HRHall Benefits Law
ArticleDOL Moves To Rescind Subminimum Wage RuleThe U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is retreating from a proposed rule that would have ended a program allowing employers to pay workers with disabilities an hourly wage less than the...United StatesEmployment and HRHall Benefits Law