Corporate,
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Dec. 30, 2021
Washington’s antitrust saber rattling may result in real cases, this time, attorneys say
The Barack Obama administration talked tough on antitrust but wasn’t quick to bring lawsuits. Now Democrats and Republicans seem ready to move.
Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina M. Khan at Underwood Law Library in Dallas in 2018. (New York Times News Service)
President Joe Biden’s administration is making a lot of noise about enforcing antitrust laws, with some actions already taken this year to block acquisitions by California companies Illumina Inc. and Nvidia Corp.
Antitrust lawyers say the big question is whether enforcement under the Biden administration will be different from recent presidents, including Democrat Barack Obama.
Steven Cernak, a former in-house an...
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