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MARCH 14, 2023

.” Although we aren’t quite talking enemy action here, we are seeing heightened Federal Trade Commission (FTC) interest in issues involving franchises. First, in 2020, the FTC hosted a workshop, “ Reviewing the Franchise Rule. Allegations regarding retaliation against franchises.

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APRIL 29, 2022

The surprise portion of the meeting was brought to you by the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR), which is a broad rule that regulates what telemarketers can and cannot do with respect to contacting consumers and also sets payment restrictions for the sale of goods and services made through telemarketing calls.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Having recovered from the exceedingly lackluster seventh Federal Trade Commission (FTC) meeting , the two-hour eighth meeting had actual votes and a bit of drama. These letters raised many identical issues, thus demonstrating further the Lina Khan FTC’s continued focus on issues involving “ workers.”

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DECEMBER 15, 2022

In the culmination of a nearly-decade long dispute, the Sixth Circuit affirmed the verdict and several rulings by the district court about the viability of trade secrets arising from the collective research for those broccoli seeds. And while we’re on the topic of an opinion covering multiple interesting trade secret issues, the U.S.

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DECEMBER 22, 2021

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) hosted a virtual workshop on December 6-7, 2021, bringing together agency representatives, lawyers, economists, academics, and other experts to discuss issues affecting competition in the labor market (“Workshop”).

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