Let's get fiscal: The Tipline for 29 March 2022

The Biden Administration is asking for the budgets of the Department of Justice’s antitrust division and the Federal Trade Commission to be increased by 48% and 26%, respectively. That would provide far less than what some in the antitrust community have recommended, but it certainly would give the agencies a fighting chance to carry out their ambitious agendas. Also in Tipline, the DOJ backs the Senate’s self-preferencing bill and Facebook gets a boost from some antitrust friends.