By Greg Care In this blog article, I’ll be discussing how the recent election cycle is likely to affect the FTC’s rule prohibiting nearly all non-competes. Spoiler alert: things look bleak for the rule’s supporters. In the early morning hours after Election Day 2024, the Associated Press called the Presidential election in favor of Donald … Read more
The dominant Rule of Law narrative among the European institutions and the media focuses on ‘backsliding’ in some capitals as the key Rule of Law problem to solve. Significant resources have been (mis)invested with the EU unfortunately prioritising Rule of Law tool creation and the multiplication of monitoring and reporting mechanisms, of which the Commission’s … Read more
Should judge associations have standing to challenge EU measures which allegedly breach judicial independence and the rule of law? This is the question to be decided on appeal by the Court of Justice following the Order of the General Court of 4 June 2024 in Magistrats européens pour la démocratie et les libertés (Medel) and … Read more
By Greg Care In this blog, we’ll be reviewing the status of the litigation challenging the validity of the FTC’s rule prohibiting nearly all non-competes. There have been some interesting developments that affect whether the rule will ever be enforced. To recap, in April 2024, the FTC issued a regulation that, except in limited circumstances, … Read more
A finalized federal rule announced by the Departments of Treasury, Health and Human Services, and Labor in March 2024, has imposed new nationwide duration limits on short-term limited duration insurance (STLDI) plans. The rule – which applies to plans sold or issued on or after September 1, 2024 – limits new STLDI plans to three-month … Read more
