Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), who was recently installed as chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights, on Wednesday said she plans to investigate tech-related topics including app stores.
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On March 10, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asking the agency to pause its review of Marathon Petroleum Corp. s (MPC) sale of the convenience store chain to Irving, Texas-based 7-Eleven Inc. s parent company, Seven & i Holdings Co. Ltd.
In the request made on behalf of the organization s 1.4 million members, President James Hoffa asked the FTC to put the review on hold until either legislation introduced by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), chairwoman on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights, has been enacted; or the FTC is able to ensure that the legal and economic staffs have meaningfully taken into account the lack of efficiencies and the full range of competitive harms that the transaction may cause.
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As expected, the hearings on Judge Merrick Garland s
nomination to serve as Attorney General provided more insights
into Senators views on antitrust enforcement than Judge
Garland s. Nevertheless, there were certain exchanges that give
some hints about what lies ahead in this arena.
Judge Garland s Background
Judge Garland who practiced antitrust law at Arnold &
Porter early in his career, has written on the subject, and even
taught antitrust at Harvard will bring significantly more
antitrust experience and expertise to the role of AG than any of