Antitrust in the Obama Administration: Varney and Leibowitz to Lead Antitrust Enforcement Agencies

President Obama has been critical of the previous administration’s antitrust enforcement efforts and has made vigorous antitrust enforcement one of his policy priorities. The antitrust team President Obama has selected to lead this effort is now in place. Christine Varney, who served as a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) during the Clinton administration, will lead the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ). Jonathan Leibowitz will serve as Chairman of the FTC. The Varney Antitrust Division and Leibowitz FTC are expected to spearhead a more aggressive antitrust enforcement effort.

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