Trust but Verify: The Power of Audits to Protect Your Competitive Edge
Companies using noncompete agreements to safeguard their competitive edge are rightly concerned as the FTC’s noncompete ban remains in limbo ...
Tag: Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Collaboration and Pricing in the U.S. During the COVID-19 Pandemic:
Businesses are beginning to pursue meaningful avenues of collaboration to ensure industry-wide response to the COVID-19 pandemic and to provide ...
FTC Makes Sweeping Changes to Telemarketing Sales Rule
Commission aims to help consumers & business keep up with technological advancements
When It Comes to Climate Disclosures, SEC and FTC Speak Different Languages
Expanded climate reporting will likely tempt marketing teams to try to capitalize on favorable climate performance as disclosed in reporting. ...
DAMITT 2021 Report: Merger Investigations Sink More Deals
If your company's proposed merger is subject to an investigation by U.S. or EU authorities, the likelihood the deal will ...
The New Era of Antitrust Enforcement
Risk managers and CCOs take note: DOJ and FTC have signaled a new era of antitrust enforcement. Leadership at both ...
5 Companies Settle FTC Allegations of Falsely Claiming Participation in EU-U.S. Privacy Shield
FTC alleges that one of the firms also violated other Privacy Shield provisions (September 3, 2019) – Five companies have ...
Drawing The Line Between Collaboration and Collusion
COVID-19 is creating a gray area between legitimate collaboration and anticompetitive collusion. (Not all information exchanges point to price-fixing.) Morrison ...
COVID-19 and the Risk of Anti-Competitive Employment Practices
Employers, staffers, and recruiters should be cautious of antitrust enforcement during COVID-19. The FTC and DOJ recently announced a concerted ...
$5B Facebook Privacy Settlement with the FTC Imposes Stringent Third-Party Requirements
The FTC has handed Facebook the largest privacy fine in history. Russ Berland explores how privacy risks in the U.S. are ...
What to Expect When You Are Expecting (to File under HSR)
Key Details from Recent Reports Large mergers and acquisitions can be high-risk, company-changing affairs. Besides the hefty filing fee of ...
A Wake-Up Call on Privacy Policies
FTC Issues New Guidance on COPPA The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has updated its compliance plan for the Children's Online ...
