Lipsky: FTC "lightning fast" compared to DOJ

Nihal Krishan

26 June 2017

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The Federal Trade Commission is a faster, less bloated entity than the Department of Justice’s antitrust division, the acting director of the FTC's bureau of competition said last week – especially because the FTC currently has only two commissioners.

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