The law firm says it has filed the first ever Camp Lejeune class-action lawsuit

JACKSONVILLE, NC (WITN) -The past water contamination at Camp Lejeune has been a recurring topic for 40 years. Many lives have been lost, creating a permanent scar on Veterans and families.

“Our servicemen, when they serve our country and give up their time,” said Paul Doolittle, Class Action and Mass Tort Director, “They expect that their families are going to be taken care of.”

According to data, people have developed all kinds of health problems from drinking the toxic water.

Poulin, Willey, and Anastopoulo Law Firm said it wanted to help victims after claiming to have filed the first Camp

INVESTORS DEADLINE ALERT: The Schall Law Firm Encourages Investors in Caribou Biosciences, Inc. with Losses of $100,000 to Contact the Firm

LOS ANGELES, CA / ACCESSWIRE / February 13, 2023 / The Schall Law Firm, a national shareholder rights litigation firm, announced the filing of a class action lawsuit against Caribou Biosciences, Inc. (“Caribou” or “the Company”) (NASDAQ:CRBU) for violations of the federal securities laws.

The Schall Law Firm, Wednesday, December 14, 2022, Press release picture

Investors who purchased the Company’s securities pursuant and/or traceable to the Company’s initial public offering taking place on July 23, 2021 (the “IPO”) and/or between July 23, 2021 and December 9, 2022, both dates inclusive (the “Class Period”), are encouraged to contact the firm before April 11, 2023.

If you are a shareholder who has suffered

FTC Announces Public Forum on Proposed Noncompete Ban

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that it will be hosting a public forum on February 16, 2022, from 12:00-3:00 pm ET, to discuss its proposed nationwide non-compete ban. The forum is intended to supplement the FTC’s request for written comments, which as of today have exceeded 10,000. According to the FTC, “[t]the commission will hear from a series of speakers who have been subject to non-compete restrictions, as well as business owners who have experience with non-competes.” It is unclear whether any of the “business owners who have experience with non-competitors” support their use, or if the …

100 Industry Organizations Request Extension of Comment Period on FTC’s Proposed Noncompete Ban

As we predicted, earlier today, 100 industry organizations submitted a request to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to extend the comment period for its proposed rule banning non-competes nationwide by an additional 60 days. According to the letter, “[t]he regulated community should be given sufficient time to assess the potential consequences of the rulemaking and develop insightful comments for the Commission to consider.” The letter further states:

This rulemaking, as the FTC itself acknowledges, will impact a significant portion of the economy. Given the breadth of the rules, a sufficient comment period is needed to ensure the regulated community can

Buckle Up: How Privacy Policy And Antitrust Enforcement Could Affect Automakers In 2023 | Seyfarth Shaw

This post was originally published as a Seyfarth Legal Update.

In a January 11, 2023 op-ed published in the Wall StreetJournal, President Joe Biden urged “Democrats and Republicans to come together to pass strong bipartisan legislation to hold Big Tech accountable.” He warned that the “risks Big Tech poses to ordinary Americans are clear. Big Tech companies collect huge amounts of data” about technology users, including “the places we go,” and argued that “we need serious federal protections for Americans’ privacy. That means clear limits on how companies can collect, use and share highly personal data,” including location data.

Answering the $296 Billion Question: FTC’s Proposed Rulemaking on Worker Non-Competes Likely to be Found Unconstitutional | Seyfarth Shaw

As our colleagues have previously reported in this blog, on January 5, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) concerning its unprecedented effort to ban all non-compete clauses with workers and to preempt state law on the issue . The NPRM followed just one day after the FTC announced that it had reached a consent settlement with three companies for alleged unfair trade practices by imposing overly burdensome non-compete agreements.

Not surprisingly, the NPRM has sparked a surge of commentary in the legal and business communities and immediately courted controversy. The sole Republican member of

Companies That Use Noncompetites Face Increased Risk of Government Action Following FTC’s Unilateral Expansion of Its Enforcement Powers

Maybe we were wrong. Or perhaps we were just not thinking creatively enough. After President Biden issued his “Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy,” in which he “encourage[d]” the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to “consider” exercising its statutory rulemaking authority “to curtail the unfair use of non-compete clauses and other clauses or agreements that may unfairly limit worker mobility,” we assumed that Lina Khan, the 33- year-old Biden-appointed Chair of the FTC (and a vocal opponent of non-competes), would take the torch and propose a Rule prohibiting, or at the very least severely limiting, the use of …

Restrictive Covenants in the First Circuit

To continue our series on trade secret employee contract clauses, we’ve surveyed the First Circuit for updates to the law relating to restrictive covenants. Such covenants remain predominantly governed by statutes in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island, while Puerto Rico continues to govern them by common law. And with no significant updates since 2020, restrictive covenants remain disfavored and under increased scrutiny in the First Circuit. Generally, these courts will only enforce noncompete agreements that are reasonable, no broader than necessary to protect an employer’s legitimate business interests, properly noticed, and in line with public policy. The applicable