by Bruce McCulloch, Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum, Nina Frant, Angela Landry, and Emily Abbott
Left to right: Bruce McCulloch, Justin Stewart-Teitelbaum, Nina Frant, Angela Landry, and Emily Abbott (photos courtesy of Freshfields)
On February 24, 2025, Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) Chairman Andrew Ferguson announced the creation of a new labor task force. The task force calls for the FTC’s Bureau of Competition, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Bureau of Economics, and Office of Policy Planning (“OPP”) to coordinate to investigate corporate labor practices that affect consumers. The task force was formally created via memorandum on February 26, 2025.