FTC Finalizes Repeal of Noncompete Rule The Federal Trade Commission removed the rule from the Federal Register last week, marking the end of limitations on non-compete agreements finalized during the ...

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sent a letter to Apple about allegations the tech giant's news curation app has a political bias. In a letter addressed to Apple CEO Tim Cook Wednesday, FTC Chairman ...

A few days ago, conservative watchdog group Media Research Center (MRC) published the results of a study that alleged that Apple had “refrained from using any right-leaning outlets in the top 20 ...

On January 30, 2026, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sent letters to 42 law firms warning that their participation in a diversity certification program could potentially create liability under ...

In July 2025, the Eighth Circuit vacated the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Negative Option Rule, which was set to go into effect that month. You can find more details in our blog post on that ...

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Friday issued warning letters to 42 law firms, stating that their participation in a diversity certification program may violate federal antitrust laws.

The Federal Trade Commission chairman sent a letter warning law firms of “serious concerns” about their participation in an incubator’s diversity program. The group, Diversity Lab, has certified more ...

Federal Trade Commission officials and witnesses offered many critiques of noncompete agreements during a public hearing Tuesday, but little in the way of proposals that would match the scope of the ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said Tuesday that it plans to appeal a November ruling finding that Meta did not have a monopoly over personal social networking. The agency, which sued the Facebook ...

A search engine powered by artificial intelligence known as Pearl promotes itself as a distinctive service. It offers up answers generated by a large language model, then a human gets involved for ...

Java ranked third in the Tiobe Index for January 2026 at 8.71%, holding steady behind Python and C and just ahead of C++. Tiobe named C# its Programming Language of the Year for 2025 after the largest ...