Morning Docket

Morning Docket: 01.09.23

* FTC goes scorched earth on non-compete clauses. Somehow creating a free market for employment is going to be blasted as "socialism." [Corporate Counsel] * Supreme Court eyes gutting the right to strike. Lochner era is back, baby. [Vox] * Amid all the talk about free speech, the Court will hear a case about an actual speech issue: can the government criminalize telling someone they should stay in the U.S. illegally? [NY Times] * And OF COURSE Elon Musk is blaming an "error" for the company hiring Perkins Coie. Just an absolute tire fire over there. [Reuters] * Law firm merger frenzy on the horizon. [American Lawyer]

By Joe Patrice on January 09, 2023 9:09 am

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* FTC goes scorched earth on non-compete clauses. Somehow creating a free market for employment is going to be blasted as “socialism.” [Corporate Counsel]

* Supreme Court eyes gutting the right to strike. Lochner era is back, baby. [Vox]

* Amid all the talk about free speech, the Court will hear a case about an actual speech issue: can the government criminalize telling someone they should stay in the U.S. illegally? [NY Times]

* And OF COURSE Elon Musk is blaming an “error” for the company hiring Perkins Coie. Just an absolute tire fire over there. [Reuters]

* Law firm merger frenzy on the horizon. [American Lawyer]