Tag: No-Poach

Fidelity National Financial has agreed on a settlement amount of $3.5 million in response New York Attorney General Letitia James' allegations that the company,...

State attorneys general are investigating how employers collude to prohibit workers from switching jobs through unlawful “no-poach” agreements, reported Bloomberg.  California is leading the way, with...

As both federal and state enforcers begin treating non-compete and no-poach agreements to be anti-competitive in violation of the Sherman Act, the question becomes...

Dear Readers, Competition law and policy are classically concerned with consumer welfare. In other words, lower prices, regardless of the consequences for other actors in...

Antitrust enforcement of conduct in labor markets has continued to ramp up over the past decade, with particularly intense scrutiny on “no-poach” agreements —...

 A new hot topic has emerged in antitrust discussions around the world and it is here to stay: Wage-fixing and “no-poach” agreements between employers...

For years, franchise businesses in various industries have included “no-poach” provisions in franchise agreements that restrict employees from moving among locations within the same...

From near obscurity just over a decade ago, no-poach agreements are now in the crosshairs of several competition authorities worldwide, including the U.S. and...

This article details the potential exposure to criminal and civil liability from no-poach or wage-fixing agreements between competitors under antitrust laws.  The first antitrust...

By Chris Margison & Robin Spillette1   Introduction The application of antitrust laws to no-poach2 and wage-fixing agreements3 is currently being debated in many jurisdictions around the...