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No Poaching—New Meaning for Employers At the Intersection of Employment Practices and Antitrust

February 26, 2019

This is not about restrictions on how you cook your eggs or hunt game out of season. But read on if you are an employer and want to know about a serious and growing antitrust risk, heightened by federal and state antitrust enforcement as well as private litigation. Agreements to refrain from soliciting another company’s […]

This entry was posted in Antitrust and tagged Antitrust Crime, Employee Restraint, No Poach Agreements, Non-Solicitation Agreements on February 26, 2019 by Glenn Davis.

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Contemplating a Sizable Merger, Acquisition or Joint Venture?–Updated HSR Merger Notification Threshold Tests for Federal Antitrust Review Apply in March 2019

February 21, 2019

February 20, 2019 – On February 15, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published increased reporting thresholds under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (HSR Act). The new thresholds represent an approximate 6.6 percent increase over last year’s thresholds. They are expected to be published in the Federal Register during the week of […]

This entry was posted in Antitrust and tagged Antitrust Division, Bureau of Competition, Clayton Act, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, Hart-Scott-Rodino, Merger review on February 21, 2019 by Glenn Davis.

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