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US DOJ official says problems in state-federal antitrust enforcement cooperation may need legislative or regulatory fix

By Khushita Vasant
  • 07 Apr 2022 12:43
  • 13 Apr 2022 13:31
"Structural problems" get in the way of state and federal antitrust enforcers working together that may require a resolution through either legislation or regulation, a senior US Department of Justice official said today.
Sarah Allen, counsel to the DOJ antitrust division's assistant attorney general, said at a conference that the

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Khushita Vasant

Chief Antitrust Correspondent, US


Khushita covers US antitrust enforcement and litigation for MLex. A former Brussels hand, she wrote about about antitrust & mergers for the Policy and Regulatory Report (PaRR), she has covered the EU's actions against Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon to name a few. Khushita specialises in tech and patent policy coverage which featured in the Concurrences Antitrust Writing Awards. Previously as a financial journalist for The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires, she wrote about monetary policy and the bond and currency markets. Khushita studied journalism at Mumbai University, and received an Erasmus Mundus scholarship for a masters from universities in Germany and Austria.

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