by Katherine Hoke | Oct 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
Background On September 1, 2024, the court established under Texas HB 19[1] (the “Texas Business Court”) was authorized to begin hearing cases in a new court system designed to promote efficient, reliable, and expedited adjudication of business disputes. Shields Legal...
by Katherine Hoke | Aug 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
In a pro-business opinion and order issued on August 20, 2024, in Ryan LLC v. Federal Trade Commission, No. 3:24-cv-00986-E, pending before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, the federal court set aside the Federal...
by Katherine Hoke | Jul 31, 2024 | Uncategorized
On July 30, 2024, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a landmark settlement with Meta over its unauthorized capture of the personal biometric data of millions of Texans in violation of Texas’s “Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier” (CUBI) Act[1] and the...
by Katherine Hoke | Jul 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
In the latest twist regarding the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) final rule banning non-compete agreements on a nationwide basis[1] (the “Non-Compete Rule”), a federal court in Pennsylvania has refused to block enforcement of the Non-Compete Rule.[2] This decision...
by Katherine Hoke | Jul 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
Less than two months after the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) published its final rule banning Non-Compete agreements[1] (the “Non-Compete Rule”), a federal district court in Dallas, Texas has entered a preliminary injunction enjoining the FTC’s enforcement of its...
