Washington — Two former Obama administration officials have emerged as front-runners for the top antitrust job at the US department of justice under the incoming administration of president-elect Joe Biden, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter.
More notably, Hesse advised Amazon on its more than $13bn acquisition of grocery chain Whole Foods, according to her bio on the website of New York law firm Sullivan & Cromwell, where she is a partner. The other front-runner is Juan Arteaga, who has also worked for the justice department under president Barack Obama between 2013 and 2017 and served as the deputy assistant attorney-general for civil enforcement, according to the sources, who did not wish to be named.Other contenders under consideration include Jonathan Kanter, who co-chaired the antitrust department at law firm Paul Weiss and now runs his own firm, the sources said. He is a prominent Big Tech and Google critic.
On November 18, the Biden transition’s agency review team for the Federal Trade Commission and the department of justice held a meeting with outside progressive and moderate groups to discuss antitrust policy priorities, according to three separate sources. Some of the broad priorities discussed on the call included having more “aggressive” antitrust enforcers.
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