Feds + State Attorneys General = A New Enforcement Landscape

The National Association of Attorneys General just concluded one of its premiere events of the year, the Capital Forum, in Washington DC. With many Attorneys General, staff, and members of the private sector in attendance, it has been an excellent opportunity to exchange ideas and hear from the AG community about their concerns and priorities. While we will provide our readers with updates on some of the important topics discussed this week, we wanted to highlight two substantive sessions that focused on partnership with federal regulators.

The first brought together New York Attorney General Letitia James, Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson, FTC Chair Lina Khan, and DOJ Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Jonathan Kanter. Both Khan and Kanter gave opening remarks emphasizing their view that we are in a "critical moment" in competition enforcement and that an "all hands on deck" approach is necessary to address it. As such, most of the discussion