New Justice Antitrust Boss Same as the Old Boss? Too Soon to Tell

In recent weeks, Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew Ferguson has shown his true colors as a Khanservative dedicated to continuing many of the antitrust actions, investigations and philosophies he inherited from former Chair Lina Khan. Now we’ve received our first indication that Gail Slater, the new Justice Department Antitrust Chief, may somewhat continue in the mold of her predecessor, Jonathan Kanter.

Why Attorney General Bondi Should Spike the RealPage Lawsuit

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes recently told the media that she is so concerned that the Justice Department might drop its antitrust case against RealPage – an online aggregator of market data for landlords – that she is “actually considering sending a letter to (U.S. Attorney General) Pam Bondi.” On March 11th, she did just that.

Why Is the U.S. Going So Hard on Meta and So Soft on TikTok? Have We Become Our Own Europeans?

The off-again, on-again Federal Trade Commission antitrust lawsuit against Meta was on again today before the judicial branch’s version of Zelig, Judge James Boasberg. FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson told the media that his lawyers were “raring to go” to break up Meta. But why?

The DOJ’s antitrust division must reverse its favor to China

You might think that Huawei, China’s global tech giant and secret surveillance tool, is no longer a threat to the United States. Recent action by the Federal Communications Commission suggests otherwise.

Will Trump Intervene As the EU Takes a Bite Out of Apple and Google?

The sharp teeth of the European Union’s new competition rules under the Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act are drawing blood from two of America’s greatest innovators. Such mandates undermine U.S. tech leaders’ basic business models and threaten to turn them into public utilities. They also trash privacy by handing consumer data and American trade secrets to China, while putting in jeopardy the very innovation and user experiences that consumers value.

Trump’s FTC carrying the torch for Biden’s progressive antitrust agenda

“President Trump is stripping away regulations and liberating the animal spirits of the free market to help consumers,” Bork said. “Did Andrew Ferguson not get this memo? Why is he perpetuating the Biden-Khan merger guidelines that fail to mention the Consumer Welfare Standard, substituting it with vague standards that make federal regulators the ‘policemen at the elbow’ of every innovator?

Will FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson Bring an Antitrust Action Against Glass Lewis and ISS?

Jamie Dimon didn’t just say the quiet part out loud. He said the quiet part loudly.

For years, CEOs complained in private but minced around in public about the outrageous business model of Institutional Shareholder Services and Glass Lewis, the duopoly that has a stranglehold on the proxy advisory business.

Will FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson Inadvertently Promote Censorship?

Why is the Federal Trade Commission under Trump-appointed Chair Andrew Ferguson seeking public comments on “technology platform censorship”? Not, as they say on Seinfeld, that there is anything wrong with that. But the FTC probably wouldn’t take such a step without an idea of where it is going.

Gail Slater and Google – Doubling Down on Biden’s Progressive Antitrust Policies

Did Jonathan Kanter and Lina Khan actually leave the Justice Department Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission? Or are they in tiny offices on the roofs of each building, quietly directing the policies of the Trump Administration below?

Why Is Trump’s FTC Chairman Continuing Lina Khan’s Socialist Policies?

Although I’ve never heard him use the precise term, President Trump’s every statement and action as a free-market advocate leads me to mark him down as an intuitive believer in the consumer welfare standard. This is the doctrine that courts should judge deals and business operations under antitrust laws not according to vague, ever-shifting standards but by their measurable impacts on price, quality, and innovation for the consumer.