Morning Docket: 01.09.23

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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.” [ googletag.cmd.push( function() { // Display ad. googletag.display( "div-id-for-top-300x250" ); }); Corporate Counsel] Sponsored Professional Development Leader H. Sandra Bang on Building a Career and Making an Impact As PD Appreciation Month comes to an end, PLI speaks with program Chair H. Sandra Bang about her impressive career path and advice for those… From PLI

* 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]

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* 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]

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