Mitchell G. Patton

The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday proposed a new rule to prohibit the use of non-compete clauses in worker contracts, a change that would significantly increase the bargaining power of employees. The proposal builds on the FTC's finding that non-compete clauses violate its fair trading laws, and the agency called them a "pervasive and often exploitative practice that suppresses wages, stifles innovation, and locks out entrepreneurs." so they don't start new businesses."The FTC estimates that the new rule could increase wages by about $300 billion a year.“The freedom to change jobs is fundamental to economic freedom and to a prosperous…

Supreme Court of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is working on a memory. Jackson, the first black woman named to the court, calls the book "Lovely One."“Mine has been an unlikely journey,” Jackson said in a statement released Thursday by Random House.“But the path was paved by brave women and men in whose steps I placed my own, warriors of the road like my own parents, and also luminaries in the law, whose brilliance and strength illuminated my path. This memory marries the public record of my life with what is less known. It will be a transparent account of what…