Cassidy Law
MONTH-IN-BRIEF (Mar 2025)
Antitrust Law
FTC Refocuses Resources to Continue Work for Labor Market
By Barbara Sicalides, Tracey Diamond, and Samantha Weber, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP
In what may be a surprise to those who thought that restrictions on the use of noncompetes would go away with the change in administration, on February 26, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced that the agency will form a Joint Labor Task Force that will “prioritize rooting out and prosecuting deceptive, unfair, and anticompetitive labor-market practices that harm American workers.” FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson issued a memorandum reminding everyone that the FTC’s authority includes protecting American consumers in their role as workers.
