The New Brandeisians are here.

This bipartisan perspective had been captured succinctly by Tim Muris, who upon being appointed Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in 2001 after eight years of a Democratic Administration remarked, '[c]ontinuity will be the norm, with changes at the margins'.[4] No longer. Keywords: New Brandeisian; Antitrust; Federal Trade Commission; Lina Khan; Merger review; Hart-Scott-Rodino Act; K21; K41; K42; L11; L12; L41 EN New Brandeisian Antitrust Federal Trade Commission Lina Khan Merger review Hart-Scott-Rodino Act K21 K41 K42 L11 L12 L41 168 172 5 08/11/23 20230701 NES 230701 Those who follow US antitrust policy from afar often give more importance than is due to asserted changes in policy that have accompanied transitions in Presidential Administrations when one party supplants another. Previously, the FTC, like the Department of Justice (DOJ), litigated most of its merger cases in the federal courts.[18] Now cases increasingly will be tried in the FTC administrative courts. Third, in August, 2021, the FTC announced it would begin issuing 'standard form letters alerting companies that the FTC's investigation remains open and reminding companies that the agency may subsequently determine that the deal was unlawful'. [Extracted from the article]