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Antitrust Guidelines for Worker-Related Business Practices: How to Stay on the Right Side of Antitrust Hiring Laws During the...

The Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (together, the Agencies) issued Antitrust Guidelines for Business Activities Affecting Workers (2025 Guidelines) in January. The 2025...more

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Antitrust Employment Guidelines Issued by Biden Administration Days Before the Transfer of Power Are Now in Question

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On January 16, 2025, just days before transferring power to the new administration, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) issued updated Antitrust Guidelines for Business Activities Affecting...more

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A Parting Gift to Labor Markets: Outgoing Antitrust Enforcers Issue Revised Guidelines on Practices Affecting Workers, But Will...

In the final days of the Biden administration, the FTC and DOJ jointly issued antitrust guidelines on business practices that impact workers that replace the 2016 Antitrust Guidance for Human Resource Professionals, which...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The DOJ and FTC Release New Guidance for Business Activities Affecting Workers

On January 16, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (together, the Agencies) released the Antitrust Guidelines for Business Activities Affecting Workers (Guidelines),...more

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Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice Issue New “Antitrust Guidelines for Business Activities Affecting Workers”

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently issued updated guidelines regarding antitrust issues implicated by certain kinds of agreements impacting employees and labor markets. The new...more

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Unpacking the Biden Administration’s Last-Minute Antitrust Worker Protections

In the final week of the Biden administration, the antitrust enforcement agencies – the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) – released two policies potentially impacting labor markets. The...more

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Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Issue New “Antitrust Guidelines for Business Activities...

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The FTC and DOJ have updated 2016 antitrust guidelines regarding antitrust issues implicated by certain kinds of agreements impacting employees and labor markets. Businesses and their HR personnel need to understand that the...more

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DOJ, FTC Issue Updated Antitrust Guidance for Employers on Business Activities Affecting Workers

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On Jan. 16, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission jointly issued new Antitrust Guidelines for Business Activities Affecting Workers, replacing the 2016 Antitrust Guidance for Human Resource...more

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DOJ, FTC, DOL, NLRB Memorandum of Understanding Continues Focus on M&A Deals’ Labor Consequences

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On Aug. 28, 2024, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Department of Labor (DOL), and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on...more

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Federal Trade Commission Focuses on Gig Work

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The Federal Trade Commission’s September 15 policy statement is the latest in a series of actions signaling the Commission’s continued focus on competition and labor issues in the gig economy. The policy statement—and the...more

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Policy Matters Newsletter - July 2022

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Annnnd We're Back: Legislative Update. We appreciate this audience bearing with us as this newsletter has been on a short hiatus in light of some scheduling issues. During that brief respite numerous different pieces of...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Recent Treasury Department Report Emphasizes Fostering Competition in Labor Markets

Continuing the recent string of actions across the Biden administration in response to the July 2021 Executive Order on “Promoting Competition in the American Economy,” on March 7, 2022, the US Treasury Department (Treasury)...more

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Reaction and Response to the FTC & DOJ Workshop on Labor Market Competition

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) hosted a virtual workshop on December 6-7, 2021, bringing together agency representatives, lawyers, economists, academics, and other experts to discuss...more

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DOJ and FTC Virtual Workshop: Agencies Discuss Whole-of-Government Approach and New Solutions to Address Competition Issues in...

On December 6 and 7, 2021, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (“DOJ”) and the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) hosted a virtual workshop to discuss competition issues in labor markets and plans to execute President...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Employment Flash - September 2019

This edition of Employment Flash looks at a series of recent NLRB decisions, many of which apply to all employers, not just those with unionized employees. We also discuss other U.S. federal and state labor and...more

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