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Business and hospital groups are likely to sue to block the FTC's proposed rule, meanwhile.

The agency issued a consumer alert urging people to be vigilant for calls using voice clones generated by artificial intelligence. They can be used by criminals hoping to swindle people out of money.

A civil suit filed in last year’s Highland Park July 4th massacre asserts a gun company’s marketing influenced the alleged parade shooter.

Canada’s proposed Consumer Privacy Protection Act (CPPA) prohibits online consent processes that are deceptive or misleading.

Noncompete agreements, which restrict who employees can work for after leaving a company, have become well-established in Pittsburgh. Some local hairstylists, for example, who are unhappy with their jobs must either stay with those jobs, move to another area, or change fields entirely, throwing away years of training and experience.

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WASHINGTON — Hospitals and physicians are squaring off over a proposed Biden administration rule that would ban noncompete agreements — contractual clauses common in the health care industry that prevent workers from working for a competitor for a certain amount of time after leaving a company.

Trudeau still owes $37 million to consumers who bought his diet book more than a decade ago.

Hospitals say a ban on noncompete clauses would make it hard to retain workers, but doctors say the clauses can limit their career growth.