On April 24, 2025, Len Gordon and Shannon Sansom published “Tracking FTC Labor Task Force’s Focus on Worker Protection” in Law360. The following is an excerpt:
Likely success may come in the form of merger reviews, leading to investigations of competition or consumer protection issues. Similarly, investigations by one bureau that lead to investigations by another could also become more common.
It remains to be seen how many cases the task force will actually bring, as the FTC's resources are the subject of the same broad pressure as other parts of government. This resource allocation will likely dictate how much of the FTC's efforts focus on diversity, equity and inclusion, as opposed to the other concerns identified in the directive.
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