A Harris Administration Would Likely Review Merger Effects on Workers, Consumers, Antitrust Experts Say
"Based on her enthusiasm about labor, she will continue the Biden administration's efforts to use antitrust to protect against anti-poaching agreements that suppress wages or noncompetes, or the use of merger law to go after mergers that harm labor," said University of Pennsylvania law professor Herbert Hovenkamp.
September 03, 2024 at 06:38 PM
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AntitrustU.S. antitrust regulators reviewing proposed mergers and allegedly anticompetitive activities have in recent years focused their attention on the potential negative effects on workers and consumers, an approach antitrust experts say Vice President Kamala Harris would likely continue if she wins the presidency.
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