FTC Withdraws From Labor Pact in Antitrust Merger Enforcement

The Federal Trade Commission is backing out of a deal between a group of federal agencies to coordinate on labor issues in the review of mergers and acquisitions.

The agency said in a late Friday statement that it would withdraw from a memorandum of understanding it joined in August with the National Labor Relations Board, the Department of Labor, and Department of Justice’s antitrust division.

The pact called for the agencies to collaborate to obtain information from various stakeholders, and open up access to the DOL and NLRB during antitrust merger evaluations.

The FTC didn’t offer a reason for the ...