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The View from Japan: A TOTM Q&A with Sayako Takizawa

Sayako, could you please tell us a bit about your background and area of specialization? I’m a professor at the University of Tokyo, teaching Japanese competition law and policy. How did you become interested in competition law and digital-competition regulation? I’ve been interested in the dynamics and history surrounding the regulation of freedom of trade. The View from Japan: A TOTM Q&A with Sayako Takizawa

FTC Noncompete Rule–and FTC Competition Rulemaking–Are on the Ropes

Judge Ada Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued an Aug. 20 order effectively striking down the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) April 2024 rule barring noncompete clauses (“noncompetes”) in employment contracts. Ryan LLC, a global tax-services and software provider, had challenged the rule, which had been scheduled to take FTC Noncompete Rule–and FTC Competition Rulemaking–Are on the Ropes

Does NetChoice v Bonta Mean Curtains for KOSA?

To butcher a Winston Churchill quote, it’s not yet clear if this is the beginning of the end, or just the end of the beginning, for children’s online-safety bills.  Such legislation has been all the rage in recent years, earning bipartisan support at both the federal and state level. A version of the Kids Online Does NetChoice v Bonta Mean Curtains for KOSA?

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