Bloomberg Law
December 17, 2018, 6:11 PM UTCUpdated: December 18, 2018, 4:53 PM UTC

Shutdown May Give Facebook a Break from FTC Probe (Corrected)

Daniel R. Stoller
Daniel R. Stoller
Senior Legal Editor
Alexei Alexis
Alexei Alexis
Reporter

Facebook Inc. and Equifax Inc. would get a year-end reprieve from Federal Trade Commission data security investigations if there’s a partial government shutdown.

Not all FTC activity would stop if a spending deal to fund the agency isn’t reached by Dec. 21. The agency said some antitrust and competition matters such as pre-merger notices would continue. But the FTC “will not pursue the vast bulk of its competition and consumer protection investigations and prosecutions” in the event of a shutdown, according to the agency’s shutdown plans.

The FTC will rely on its past plans if Congress doesn’t approve a ...

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