As explained in the summary section of the Final Rule, the inclusion of the term “penalizes” is intended to cover liquidated damages provisions—where a worker may be required to pay a monetary penalty if they engage in a competing business after termination—as well as forfeiture for competi...
On July 9, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) voted 4-1 (with Commissioner Melissa Holyoak dissenting) to release an Interim Staff Report (the “Interim Report”) entitled: Pharmacy Benefit Managers: The Powerful Middlem...
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afor the heterogeneity of this particular population was under explained in the analysis and discussions. The need to take into account the role of cultural group in interpreters’ feelings of anxiety, however, is demonstrated in a study that originally set out to compare the stressfulness of rem...
On August 22, 2019, the consumer advocacy organization Truthinadvertising.org (“TINA.org”) submitted a Petition to the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), requesting that FTC promulgate regulations for Made in the USA claims. As further explained in the Petition, a formal rule purportedly woul...
Nancy L. Perkins The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), having recently taken its first enforcement actions under the Health Breach Notification Rule (HBNR) it adopted in 2009,is now proposing, in a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) published on June 9, 2023,significant expansions to the HBN...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) explained in a2009 publication on enterprise password managementthat while password expiration mechanisms are “beneficial for reducing the impact of some password compromises,” they are “ineffective for others” and “often a source of frustrat...
15 As a result, the Commission has long relied on competitive forces to determine whether a fee proposal is equitable, fair, reasonable, and not unreasonably or unfairly discriminatory. In 2008, the Commission explained that "[i]f competitive forces are operative, the self-interest of the ...
With an increased use of “stay or pay” clauses and TRAP agreements also comes heightened scrutiny from federal agencies, including both the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). At the beginning of 2023, the FTC proposed a rule banning noncompetes and...
I explained that the Federal Reserve was the culprit. America’s central bank panicked during the pandemic and dramatically increased its balance sheet. In simpler terms, they created a huge amount of new money in the economy. And they continued with that flawed policy even after it became app...