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From shepherding transactions through regulatory challenges to defending against civil and criminal antitrust investigations and litigation, clients turn to Barbara for clear, thorough, and practical advice on complex antitrust and competition matters.

There has been a great deal of press about the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) vote to ban employee non-competition provisions and policies; see our firm’s fuller discussion here. While the FTC describes the rule as a comprehensive ban, it acknowledges that the rule does not apply to regulated financial institutions, and nonsolicitation clauses are still permitted.