In recent years, the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission have aimed to improve competition in the labor markets – warning businesses they will scrutinize “naked” no-poach and wage-fixing agreements between competing employers.

Join Fox Partners Tami McKnew, Craig Tractenberg and Eleanor Gerhards for a discussion of the following topics:

• The current landscape of antitrust challenges to “no poach” provisions in franchise agreements
  o   Responding to inquiries from state regulators
  o   Tips from private litigation
• Renewed efforts to bar or narrow the permissible scope of contractual non-competes
• Advising clients about best practices with current and new franchisees
• How to navigate franchisee relationships given these new issues
• Is there value in no-poach and non-compete provisions?
  o   Are there alternatives?