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National Law Journal

Judge Dismisses Minority Investor From FTC's Antitrust Case Against Medical Practice

Welsh Carson's stake in USAP is "the FTC's only hook for the 'ongoing violation' under Section 13(b)" of the the FTC Act, U.S. District Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt wrote. "It is not clear how owning a minority share in a company that reduces competition satisfies the statute."
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Corporate Counsel

Conservative States' Suit Accuses EEOC of Defining Gender-Identity Discrimination Way Too Broadly

Employers that refused to use transgender workers' preferred pronounces or barred them from using bathroom that match their gender identity would be committing workplace harassment, according to recently issued EEOC guidance.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

Schumer Urges FTC to 'Pump the Breaks' on Chevron, Hess Merger

"I'm sounding the alarm against yet another proposed Big Oil merger," the Senate majority leader tweeted Sunday.
3 minute read

Law.com

U.S. Regulators Emphasize Pursuit of Enforcement Actions Against Non-U.S. Persons and Entities

The guidance mirrors the recent, broader impulse among U.S. prosecutors and regulatory agencies to extend application of U.S. law to foreign persons and entities, even when those persons and entities have only threadbare connections to the U.S.
11 minute read

International Edition

Osborne Clarke Partner Referred to Tribunal Over Zahawi Letters

The partner in question has not been identified, but Osborne Clarke said that it intends to 'fully support and stand behind' them.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

DOJ Announces Task Force to Tackle Health Care Monopolies

"Task forces sometimes can be inefficient," said attorney Melissa Maxman. "But if ever there were a need for one, it would be in health care competition."
4 minute read

Corporate Counsel

New Global Regs Hitting Companies Already Facing Increased Compliance Challenges in US

In the United States, regulators are increasingly holding companies accountable for the compliance problems of their third-party vendors. Elsewhere, a new law in the United Kingdom will help prosecutors pursue corporate fraud, and a new EU regulation takes aim at subsidies granted by nonmember states that give companies an undue economic advantage.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

State Noncompete Laws Remain in Effect Despite FTC Legal Challenges, Says Assistant Attorney General

"You're going to still see enforcement by some states for time, space and scope-type noncompete roles," said Gwendolyn Lindsay Coole, Wisconsin's antitrust chief.
3 minute read

National Law Journal

GOP Lawmakers Propose Protection for Targets of SEC Proceedings

Proposed legislation would allow private parties in an administrative proceeding to remove their case to federal court before adjudication.
4 minute read

National Law Journal

EEOC's Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Rules Follow Title VII Regarding Abortion, Lawyers Say

"In using those words in the ... act, Congress wasn't drafting new words," said Kate Mueting of Sanford Heisler Sharp. "They were using words that had a meaning, that had precedent attached to them.
3 minute read

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