DOJ takes less targeted look than FTC at labour concerns in deals

Pallavi Guniganti

03 April 2019

Leaders of the Federal Trade Commission have emphasised that labour markets are now consciously included in merger review, but current and former officials at the Department of Justice’s antitrust division have indicated that the DOJ waits for such issues to arise.

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