Happy birthday, commissioner Slaughter: The Tipline for 8 April 2022

07 April 2022

Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter celebrates her 39th birthday on Saturday. The previous acting head of the Federal Trade Commission commemorated her birthday week in style, speaking on Thursday before a room full of antitrust lawyers amid a steady 72-hour onslaught of rain. Today’s Tipline includes highlights from day two of the American Bar Association’s antitrust spring meeting, plus an update on the Antitrust Division’s bid for sanctions against Google.

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