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Large Manufacturers Beware: DOJ's Request For Additional Antitrust Attorneys Portends Heightened Enforcement
25 March 2020
Shipman & Goodwin LLP
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On February 11, 2020, it was reported that the DOJ’s 2021
budget request included a demand for $8.2 million in additional
funding for antitrust enforcement. The budget request
reflects that those funds would go towards hiring 55 additional
attorneys and 32 other employees to assist the DOJ’s
Antitrust Division with an increase in caseload.
The DOJ has previously publicly announced a comprehensive
investigation into possible antitrust violations by large online
market platforms. President Trump has suggested in recent
statements that his administration is investigating Facebook,
Google and Amazon, potentially for antitrust violations.
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