AI has continued to come under the scrutiny of government enforcers and private litigants. In July 2025, the White House released America’s AI Action Plan. As we noted in our January 5 Trends to Watch: 2025 Antitrust & Competition Law, on the competition side, plaintiffs have alleged that AI may be used in ways
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-2 in favor of banning noncompete clauses. The FTC first proposed the Noncompete Clause Rule on Jan. 19, 2023, under sections 5 and 6(g) of the FTC Act. GT previously covered the FTC’s request for comments.
The EU’s Vertical Block Exemption Regulation (VBER) and accompanying Guidelines on Vertical Restraints of the European Commission (Guidelines), dated from 2010, are currently under evaluation, with the EU Commission having published its long-awaited Draft VBER and Draft Guidelines on 9 July 2021.