Bureaucracy in action: The Tipline for 20 April 2023

And the polls are now closed. The public had 100 days to weigh in on the Federal Trade Commission’s proposed ban on non-compete agreements and the agency received upwards of 25,000 comments, according to Bloomberg. The process is anything but a popularity contest, but we all now eagerly await a final proposal after the commission digs itself out of the Regulations.gov avalanche. Also in today’s Tipline, Illumina secures an expedited appeal.