Welcome to the third annual installment of Seyfarth Shaw’s Commercial Litigation Outlook, in which our nationally-recognized team provides insights about litigation issues and trends to expect in 2023.

The likely continuing global tumult and increasing chances for a recession will weigh heavily on the litigation outlook for 2023. In short, we expect an uneven year where some litigation booms and some busts. As was true last year, the trick to navigating the upcoming challenges will require clients and their counsel to be adaptive, creative and proactive.

Join us for a three-part webinar serieswhere members of our Commercial Litigation practice

100 business organizations submitted a letter today requesting a 60 day extension on the March 20, 2023, comment period deadline on the FTC’s proposed rule banning non-competites with employees and workers. The business organizations include organizations in manufacturing, commerce, retail, insurance, franchise, health care, technology, financial services, construction, and staffing.

In support of their request, the organizations stated the “regulated community should be given sufficient time to assess the potential consequences of the rulemaking and develop insightful comments for the Commission to consider.”

“This rulemaking, as the FTC itself acknowledges, will impact a significant portion of the economy” and “[g]given

US Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and US Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) on February 1^st reintroduced the Workforce Mobility Act. The legislation would ban the use of non-compete agreements with some limited exceptions. US Representative Scott Peters (D-Calif.-52) and US Representative Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.-08) introduced the legislation in the US House of Representatives. US Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and US Senator Kevin Cramer (RN.D.) co-sponsored the legislation. The bill was previously introduced in the House of Representatives in 2021.

“Across industries and income brackets, non-competitives are terrible for workers and a major drag on economic growth. It’s ridiculous we

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / February 1, 2023 / Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of ESS Tech Inc. GWH between August 11, 2022 and December 7, 2022, both dates inclusive (the “Class Period”), of the important March 13, 2023 lead plaintiff deadline.

SO WHAT: If you purchased ESS Tech securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.

WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the ESS Tech class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=10877