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Mandatory Display of Fraud Posters

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 09.16.11

On September 16, 2011, DoD issued a final rule that requires contractors to prominently display in common work areas -- within business segments performing work on DoD contracts -- fraud hotline posters prepared by the DoD Office of the Inspector General, unless the contract is for the acquisition of a commercial item, will be performed entirely outside the United States, or does not exceed $5 million.  This requirement must be flowed down to all subcontracts that similarly qualify.

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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.”...