Keep calm and policy on: The Tipline for 25 February 2021

The Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Policy Planning has been buzzing in recent years: a cascade of hearings, several high-profile market studies and the first vertical merger guidelines revamp since the Reagan administration. But leading one of the nation’s preeminent competition policy shops hardly brings out the paparazzi – unless you go on to be an outspoken US Senator that departs for tropical paradise as your state freezes over. Bilal Sayyed has not announced plans to run for office, but he has plenty to discuss in his exit interview with GCR USA.