Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the launch of a public inquiry to examine the scope, prevalence, and impact of employer noncompete agreements. The information gathered may help guide the agency’s future enforcement actions.
A noncompete agreement is a contractual clause between an employer and an employee that restricts the employee from working for a competitor or starting a competing business after leaving their job. While such agreements may serve legitimate purposes in certain circumstances, research has shown that they are also frequently subject to misuse.
On August 27, an Illinois appellate court affirmed a trial court’s denial of a motion to compel arbitration in an FDCPA class action. The case involved a 2022 collection email about a charged-off account originally opened with a wireless provider in 2007 and later sold to a debt buyer. The plaintiff alleged that the defendants violated the FDCPA by failing to provide clear instructions for opting out of future email communications.
We are pleased to present our latest edition of Telephone and Texting Compliance News, providing insights and news related to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).
The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) has finalized its rule under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), addressing prior express consent requirements for sellers to send advertisements and telemarketing notices using an automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS) or artificial/prerecorded voice. Notably, the one-to-one requirement has been removed.
Chief Justice John Roberts has issued a temporary stay allowing President Trump to fire recently reinstated FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter, even though she was fired without cause.
Slaughter, the lone Democrat on the Commission, had been reinstated by a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
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