The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) rulemaking crusade suffered a serious blow this week, when Judge Ada Brown of the Northern District of Texas set aside the agency’s Final Rule that made most ...
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has proposed sweeping and substantive changes to its Chapter 2 rules, which govern permit applications, appeals, permit modifications and ...
A federal judge in Texas yesterday blocked the Federal Trade Commission’s attempt to ban noncompete agreements that make it difficult for workers to change jobs or start new businesses. Judge Ada ...
A US judge ruled against the Federal Trade Commission in a challenge to its rule banning noncompete agreements, saying the FTC lacks "substantive" rulemaking authority. The preliminary ruling only ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I'm an antitrust expert and former FTC general counsel. On August 20, federal trial court judge Ada Brown in the Northern District ...
“Since the domicile address requirement ‘does not alter the substantive standards by which the USPTO evaluates trademark applications, e.g., a mark’s use in commerce or distinctiveness,’ it qualifies ...
Today, in National Council of Agricultural Employers v. U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit helped bring a little more clarity to the question of when a new ...
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