By the close of the 1970s, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce had undergone a radical transformation. Once a cautious, business-friendly trade group, it had become a politically aggressive and ideologically driven machine.
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Woodsman, Fell That Tree!
A court rejects the claim of a tree-cutting company that an FTC ban on noncompetes violates its right to keep its former employees from going out on their own.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Judge Hearing Noncompete Cases Holds Stock in Companies That Use Noncompetes
Judge J. Campbell Barker’s stock portfolio is a spreadsheet full of conflicts of interest.
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FTC to Finalize Noncompete Rule Today
The fight now shifts to the courts, where the U.S. Chamber of Commerce will likely try to strip the agency of its rulemaking authority.
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Republicans Are Objectively Pro–Junk Fee
A new congressional resolution aligns Republicans with the financial industry’s fight to preserve sky-high credit card late fees.
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The Trade War Within the U.S. Government
Today on TAP: Why does the National Security Council keep trying to wrest control of trade policy to help Big Tech?
Posted inLaw and Justice
Chamber Takes an L on Egregious Judge Shopping
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce filed suit against the CFPB’s credit card rule in a judicial district that contains no credit card companies.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Corporate Attack Dogs Find a New Subject to Bully
Beth Baltzan, a non-Senate-confirmed staffer to the U.S. trade representative, Katherine Tai, has been targeted by Big Tech firms as a way to sully Tai’s decisions about digital trade.
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Business Groups’ Reflexive Anti-Worker Demagogy
In New York, the business lobby resorts to apocalyptic ads to stop a ban on noncompete provisions.
Posted inAmerica and the World
The EU’s Tough New Rules for Tech
Will they survive an intense and preposterous lobbying campaign by the U.S. platform giants to brand them as discriminatory against American companies?