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ARTICLE · 29 JULY 2021

Recent Developments Signal Aggressive Stance On Antitrust Enforcement Under The Biden Administration

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July 27, 2021 - Despite President Biden's historically moderate stance on antitrust issues, his administration has set the stage for a significant expansion of antitrust enforcement.

United StatesAntitrust/Competition Law
William Kolasky
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July 27, 2021 - Despite President Biden's historically moderate stance on antitrust issues, his administration has set the stage for a significant expansion of antitrust enforcement.  He has done so principally by nominating a prominent antitrust critic to lead the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ), by appointing a rising star among antitrust progressives to lead the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and by issuing an executive order spurring numerous federal agencies to resist corporate consolidation and crack down on a variety of practices seen as anticompetitive.

President Biden Nominates Kanter as DOJ Antitrust Chief

On July 20, 2021, seven months into his administration, President Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter for Assistant Attorney General in charge of the DOJ's Antitrust Division.  Kanter is a well-known proponent of aggressive antitrust enforcement against Big Tech and has a history of representing companies in antitrust cases against Big

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