Potential Harris Presidency to Continue Robust Antitrust Focus on Workers and Consumers, Experts Say

U.S. antitrust regulators have increasingly concentrated on the potential negative impacts on workers and consumers when reviewing proposed mergers and alleged anticompetitive activities. Antitrust experts suggest that Vice President Kamala Harris is likely to maintain this focus if she ascends to the presidency. Harris’s previous roles as attorney general of California, a key player in antitrust enforcement, and as a U.S. Senator, position her to extend current regulatory approaches. University of Pennsylvania law professor Herbert Hovenkamp noted, “Based on her enthusiasm about labor, she will continue the Biden administration’s efforts to use antitrust to protect against anti-poaching agreements that suppress wages or noncompetes, or the use of merger law to go after mergers that harm labor.” For further details, read the full article on the National Law Journal.