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US FTC Chairman Ferguson warns law firms over DEI hiring

( January 30, 2026, 20:07 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson issued a letter to 42 law firms regarding potentially unfair and anticompetitive employment practices. The FTC said that all of these firms recently participated in the Mansfield Certification program – a creation of Diversity Lab, an "inclusion"-focused consultancy business.  “Potentially anticompetitive collusion between law firms on DEI metrics can include quotas by which they agree to compose panels of job candidates based on race, sex, or other personal characteristics other than the candidate’s merit, or by which law firms agree to make final decisions about hiring and promotions based on those personal characteristics,” Ferguson said in a statement. See full press release. ...

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