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Check out whats clicking on FoxBusiness.com The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Tuesday approved a regulation that would ban noncompete agreements nationwide on the grounds that they unfairly limit workers’ mobility and lead to lower pay. The FTC, which currently has a Democratic majority under President Joe Biden, voted 3-2…

Sidley Austin chief marketing officer Scott L. Kilburg died at age 51 last week, according to an online obituary, which did not provide a cause of death.  Kilburg, of Oak Park, Illinois, spent eight years at Sidley, six of them as CMO. He was also previously CMO at Foley &…

The exponential increase over the past several years in lawsuits brought under Illinois’ Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) is well documented. The plaintiffs’ bar now appears to have broadened its focus to include another Illinois privacy statute: the Illinois Genetic Information Privacy Act (GIPA), which regulates the use of genetic…

Surf-by lawsuits are ballooning New York court dockets. What is a surf-by lawsuit? The term derives from the term “drive-by” lawsuits which plaintiffs filed after they drove by businesses and saw violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (such as entrance ramps too steep for wheelchairs). Now, any business with…