TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jan 30, 2026

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) chairman today sent a letter warning law firms of “serious concerns” about their participation in a law incubator’s diversity program, Bloomberg Law reports. The group, Diversity Lab, has certified more than 360 law firms as having met standards for creating diverse hiring pools, according to FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson’s letter to more than 40 of the firms. Ferguson said Diversity Lab may facilitate “potentially anticompetitive collusion” through the use of diversity, equity and inclusion metrics. The lab describes itself as “a team of talent experts, data scientists, and behavioral science scholars, including several former practicing lawyers, who architect and innovate processes, practices, and structures that create inclusive and equitable workplaces.”