The gang's all here: The Tipline for 12 September 2017

12 September 2017

We spent yesterday at a conference that asked "What Is Trump Antitrust?" Today promises a larger load of Trump Administration officials: in addition to acting Federal Trade Commission chairman Maureen Ohlhausen, who also gave the opening keynote yesterday, the Georgetown Law programme includes Department of Justice antitrust division deputies Roger Alford, Barry Nigro and Donald Kempf, plus new acting FTC bureau of competition director Bruce Hoffman.

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