Biden picks a third trustbuster for his administration, putting Big Tech on notice

It took seven months, but progressives got exactly what they asked for: Wu & Khan & Kanter

It took seven months, but progressives got exactly what they asked for: Wu & Khan & Kanter.

The pick signals that Biden — who steered clear of taking a position on antitrust during his campaign — is adopting the views close to those A protege of Rick Rule, a Republican who served as President Ronald Reagan’s DOJ antitrust chief, Kanter represented Microsoft when it settled the Justice Department’s probe in the early 2000s and then through the company’s travails with European antitrust authorities.

Last year, Kanter left the law firm Paul Weiss to start his own antitrust advocacy firm, the Kanter Law Group.

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