On March 9, 2022, President Biden signed an Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets. According to an accompanying fact sheet, it is the “first ever,.
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Sen. Hawley s Trust-Busting for the Twenty-First Century Act, introduced on April 12, 2021, takes aim at Big Tech, Big Banks, Big Telecom, and Big Pharma
1 by proposing to curb mergers and acquisitions by large corporations and ease the way for prosecutors and private plaintiffs to prevail in antitrust litigation. Sen. Hawley s bill is the latest proposal for antitrust reform, following Democrat-led efforts such as the House Judiciary staff recommendations in October 2020 and Sen. Klobuchar s antitrust reform bill introduced in February 2021.
On April 12, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the Trust-Busting for the Twenty-First Century Act, proposing to substantially rewrite the US antitrust laws along the lines proposed by prominent Democrats, including Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and FTC Commissioner nominee Lina Khan. Sen. Hawley s plan would prohibit so-called mega corporations those with a market-cap excee
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While everyone expects the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and other well-known enforcement agencies to increase enforcement under the Biden administration, few people are talking about the uptick in enforcement that appears to be coming from the Federal Election Commission (“FEC”). However, a new memorandum that has been getting attention with policymakers at the White House (“FEC Memo”) suggests that the Biden administration is considering a drastic change to the makeup of the commission, which could trigger more aggressive enforcement from the FEC.
1 First published by Axios, the memo includes a controversial recommendation that President Biden defy recent norms and stack the FEC with pro-enforcement commissioners who could put teeth into FEC enforcement of campaign finance and election laws.