A growing number of lawyers inside America’s top legal organization say there’s something rotten at the American Bar Association: The leadership is in the pockets of Big Tech
A person stands near the Apple logo at the company's store in Grand Central Terminal in New York. | Mark Lennihan/AP Photo.
The tension recently came to a head over a rare step the ABA leadership took last month: It sent a letter to Congress criticizing proposed anti-monopoly legislation that would prevent the biggest tech companies from giving preference to their products over those of their rivals. It was only the third time in a decade that the ABA antitrust section has taken a public stance on pending bills in Congress.
Many lower-level members saw the letter as definitive proof that the ABA antitrust leadership is biased in favor of the big tech companies, as. Those allegations are taking on new significance as the ABA — whose views carry weight with policymakers and lawmakers alike — takes a stance on what could be the biggest change to antitrust law in more than a century.
These frustrated members said they’d have expected — given the stakes — to have been consulted about the letter, which was sent to Congress on May 3. A sign is seen outside of an Amazon Go store at the Amazon.com Inc. headquarters. | David Ryder/Getty Imagesvye to receive high ratings
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