Slaughter: FTC uses "far too many" resources on clearly illegal mergers

Alex Wilts

18 November 2020

FTC Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter

Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Kelly Slaughter has said the agency spends “far too many of our enforcement dollars on mergers that are clearly illegal”, demonstrating that enforcement is failing to deter competitive harm.

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Slaughter: FTC uses "far too many" resources on clearly illegal mergers

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