Source: The American Prospect
by David Dayen
“Ankush Khardori is a former prosecutor and BigLaw litigator at Paul, Weiss who, in between analysis of Trump legal cases, loves to make grandiose pronouncements about antitrust that are immediately contradicted by events. In late 2023, Khardori wrote ‘Lina Khan’s Rough Year’ for New York magazine, which alleged that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) chair had stumbled through her leadership at the agency, losing cases and facing roadblocks. Most of the criticisms came from anonymous former officials. Khan never lost a case after the ‘Rough Year’ story was published, including blocking mergers between Kroger and Albertsons, Choice-Wyndham, Sanofi-Maze, and Tapestry-Capri; and beating Meta on summary judgment in a monopolization case that goes to trial this April. The merger review policy that Khardori claimed drew ‘widespread criticism’ has been cited in nearly a dozen federal cases and is being maintained by even Trump’s antitrust enforcers.” (03/11/25)
https://prospect.org/economy/2025-03-11-unusual-biden-trump-continuity-antitrust/