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On October 16, 2025, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed Senate Bill S7882 into law, adding Section 340‑b to the New York General Business Law.

On October 06, 2025, California enacted two significant antitrust statutes designed to enhance public and private enforcement of the state’s antitrust law, the Cartwright Act.

On September 5, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) formally abandoned its efforts to enforce a Biden-era final rule (“Rule”) implementing a blanket ban on most employee non-compete agreements. Instead, the FTC signaled its intent to challenge non-compete agreements on a case-by-case basis. To that end, the FTC announced an enforcement action challenging one company’s non-compete agreements, published a request for information (“RFI”) seeking the public’s input on non-compete provisions, sent warning letters to several health care companies regarding their employment agreements, and announced a future workshop on this subject. Together, these actions could mark the beginning of a new, more targeted enforcement landscape and create new uncertainties for employers on the legality of non-compete agreements.

The California State Assembly recently unveiled legislation (“AB 325”) designed to strengthen California antitrust enforcement in two ways.

For decades, California enforcers and politicians have argued for state-level antitrust enforcement activity at a level commensurate with California’s $4.1 trillion economy, the largest state economy in the United States. Only recently, however, have those rumblings coalesced into concrete proposals with significant political momentum. Most notably, in 2022 the California Legislature authorized the California Law Revision Commission (CLRC)—a state agency tasked with examining California law and recommending reforms—to study potential revisions to the state’s antitrust laws. This initiative led to the formation of working groups around eight major topics, including single-firm conduct, mergers and acquisitions, and technology platforms.

On April 17, 2025, a federal district court denied a motion to dismiss the first government enforcement action brought in decades under the Robinson-Patman Act (“RPA”), a statute that prohibits price discrimination and other anticompetitive distribution practices.

Darren Tucker and Jason Powers discussed recent antitrust developments in the energy sector and what lies ahead for companies in 2025.

Vinson & Elkins’ 2024 Chemicals & Energy Antitrust Report details the antitrust approach expected under the upcoming Trump administration, with a focus on boosting oil and gas production.

As former President Trump returns to office, excitement is building in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industries, fueled by the administration’s early signals of support for digital assets and Web3 technologies, including the appointment of crypto advocate Paul Atkins to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission. Industry leaders are hopeful that the pro-cryptocurrency stances held by President Trump and his appointees will foster a regulatory environment that supports growth and innovation in decentralized technology.

On August 20, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas entered a final judgment (“Order”) setting aside, on a nationwide basis, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) final rule (“Rule”) prohibiting non-competition agreements.

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As we previously addressed, on April 24, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) voted to finalize its rule prohibiting businesses from entering into or enforcing non-compete clauses in nearly all agreements with workers (“FTC Rule”).