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US judge says underenforcement of antitrust laws worrisome

By Khushita Vasant
  • 22 Apr 2023 00:44
  • 22 Apr 2023 01:28
The underenforcement of antitrust laws in the US, and the judiciary and enforcers’ move away from the presumption of harm in cases, is a cause of concern, a federal judge said.
“I worry about underenforcement,” Judge Diane Wood of the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit said at

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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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