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How Do You Prove Prejudice in a Protest?

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 09.26.11

In East West, Inc. v. U.S. (CFC Sept. 21, 2011), Judge Wolski joins a growing number of CFC judges who are more open to receiving affidavits from company officials explaining how the agency's alleged illegality affected the company. While refusing to accept a protestor's affidavit as part of the "administrative record" to explain what the agency did, he allowed it as part of the "court" record to allow the company to meet its burden to show prejudice.


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Client Alert | 8 min read | 09.09.25

FTC Stops Defending Rule Banning Noncompete Agreements, Opting Instead for “Aggressive” Case-by-Case Enforcement

On September 5, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) withdrew its appeals of decisions issued by Texas and Florida federal district courts, which enjoined the FTC from enforcing a nationwide rule banning almost all noncompete employment agreements. Companies, however, should not read this decision to mean that their noncompete agreements will no longer be subjected to antitrust scrutiny by federal enforcers. In a statement joined by Commissioner Melissa Holyoak, Chairman Andrew Ferguson stressed that the FTC “will continue to enforce the antitrust laws aggressively against noncompete agreements” and warned that “firms in industries plagued by thickets of noncompete agreements will receive [in the coming days] warning letters from me, urging them to consider abandoning those agreements as the Commission prepares investigations and enforcement actions.”...