Biden's New Antitrust Cops Alarm M&A Players With 'Terrifying' Rhetoric

  • New Brandeisians scrapped establishment antitrust policies
  • FTC may soon have Democratic majority to push activist agenda

Lina Khan

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Less than a year into their new jobs, President Joe Biden’s competition regulators are infuriating the legal establishment they’ve wrested power from.

“The current rhetoric is terrifying,” said Jonathan Jacobson, a lawyer whose clients include Alphabet Inc.’s Google and other large technology companies.