Federal Trade Commission Warns Law Firms About DEI Hiring
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Friday it had written to 42 law firms warning them about diversity, equity, and inclusion hiring, which it described as potentially ...
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If Amazon Tricked Customers into Joining Prime, Execs Could Face Personal Liability
A federal trial beginning in Amazon's hometown this week is set to examine whether the online retail giant misled customers into signing up for its Prime service and made it difficult for them to ...
FTC Says Finger-Detecting Table Saw Rule Would Raise Prices
A proposal to require U.S. table saw manufacturers to use one company's patented finger detection technology should be dropped, along with more than 170 other regulations that hamper competition, the ...
DOJ Drops Defense of Ban on Employee ‘Noncompete’ Agreements
President Donald Trump's administration abandoned on Friday the U.S. government's legal defense of a rule adopted under former President Joe Biden that had banned agreements ...
FTC Called on to Investigate Automakers’ Sale of Driving Data Used by Insurers
Two U.S. senators are calling on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate automakers selling customers' driving data to brokers who package it and then sell it to insurance companies. In a letter ...
FTC Noncompete Agreement Ban May Not Survive Courts but Some States Could Adopt
The Federal Trade Commission's recently approved ban on noncompete agreements likely won't survive court challenges, but that doesn't mean the ban won't become a model for a number of state ...
Chamber of Commerce Sues to Block FTC’s Non-Compete Ban
Business groups led by the US Chamber of Commerce sued the Federal Trade Commission Wednesday seeking to block a rule finalized this week that would outlaw non-compete provisions that prohibit ...
FTC Investigates OpenAI Over Misleading Statements
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has opened an investigation into OpenAI on claims it has run afoul of consumer protection laws by putting personal reputations and data at risk, the strongest ...
FTC Streamlines Probes Related to Artificial Intelligence
Investigations of cases where artificial intelligence (AI) is used to break the law will be streamlined under a new process approved by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, the ...
