Editor's Note

• Jurisdiction: United States,Federal
• Citation: Vol. 1 No. 2
• Publication year: 2023
• topic: Antitrust and Competition,Environmental Law,Banking and Finance Law,Health Law,Securities Law

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Are We All Agency Subjects Now?

Victoria Prussen Spears ^*

It sometimes seems that all areas of our work and personal lives and perhaps especially that all businesses—and all aspects of every business—are subject to federal agency actions. If you doubt that, consider the broad scope of topics explored in the articles in this issue of The Journal of Federal Agency Action.

Wages and Jobs

Our lead article, "Antitrust Agencies Remain Undeterred Despite Repeated Setbacks in Criminal Prosecutions of Wage-Fixing and No-Poach Agreements," is by Betty Graumlich, Michelle Mantine (a member of our Board of Editors), and Danielle Stewart of Reed Smith LLP.

Here, the authors advise that, in this era of heightened antitrust scrutiny, it is critical that companies review their antitrust compliance programs to ensure that they are comprehensive, effective, and up-to-date.

Food

Next, Sharon Lindan Mayl, Bethany J. Hills (a member of our Board of Editors), and Matthew Piscitelli of DLA Piper discuss the long-awaited final Food Traceability Rule issued recently by the Food and Drug Administration, and explain why industry should be paying attention. Their article is titled, "Food and Drug Administration's Final Food Traceability Rule: What It Says and What It Means for the Future."

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Chemicals

Manufacturers and importers of products containing PFAS will face new and substantial costs for recordkeeping and reporting if an Environmental Protection Agency rule designed to collect comprehensive data on PFAS is finalized as...