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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…

The University of Texas has fired men's basketball head coach Chris Beard while he faces a domestic violence charge, according to multiple reports.The charge stems from an incident with his fiancee, Randi Trew, on December 12. Trew initially said Beard strangled her, but retracted her statement on December 23."Chris didn't choke me, and I told the police that night," Trew said. "Chris has stated that he acted in self-defense, and I do not deny that. I do not believe that Chris was intentionally trying to harm me in any way. It was never my intention to arrest or prosecute him."CLICK…

A 2-year-old boy was among at least two people who died after a storm swept through California, toppling trees, flooding streets and leaving thousands in the dark.The boy, who has not been identified, was sitting on a sofa in the living room Wednesday night when the tree crashed through the roof from the mobile home in Occidental, "driving into or landing" on top of it, a spokesman for the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office said. The boy's father and a neighbor managed to free the boy. Fire personnel performed CPR, but the boy was pronounced dead from his injuries shortly before…