LexBlog IP

APRIL 5, 2023

District Court for the District of Columbia. In its complaint, the DOJ alleged that Activision would fine an esports team one dollar for every dollar that a team spent over the total player compensation threshold. The proposed consent decree cannot go into effect until the end of two-month comment period and approval by the U.S.

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Trading Secrets

JANUARY 5, 2023

If adopted, the proposed rule will bar both prospective and existing non-compete agreements. Earlier today, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) published a proposed rule which would ban all non-compete agreements between employers and “workers” (broadly defined to include employees, independent contractors, interns, and others).

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Trading Secrets

JANUARY 5, 2023

If adopted, the proposed rule will bar both prospective and existing non-compete agreements. Earlier today, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) published a proposed rule which would ban all non-compete agreements between employers and “workers” (broadly defined to include employees, independent contractors, interns, and others).

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 5, 2023

If adopted, the proposed rule will bar both prospective and existing non-compete agreements. The FTC included an overview fact sheet describing the proposed rule. The FTC included an overview fact sheet describing the proposed rule. Chair Khan, Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya issued a statement in support.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MAY 23, 2022

In December, the federal district court granted the requested injunction based on the First Amendment. A quick recap: last summer, Texas passed HB20, a #MAGA messaging bill that poses existential threats to the Internet as we know it. NetChoice and CCIA led a lawsuit seeking to enjoin most of it. Texas appealed to the Fifth Circuit.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 12, 2023

District Court for the Southern District of Ohio Judge Timothy Black rejected arguments that a state court declaratory relief action over the ownership of several disputed patent applications involved federal patent or trade secret claims and ruled that it belonged in state court. In Calvary Indus., Winters , U.S.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 28, 2022

As you recall, in December, a federal district court enjoined most of HB 20 , Texas’ so-called “social media censorship” law. As expected, Texas appealed the ruling to the Fifth Circuit. This blog post recaps the Texas brief and the 11 supporting amicus briefs. A case library is at the end. Texas’ Appellant Brief.

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