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FTC gearing up for aggressive oversight of antitrust, M&A
By 
Jaclyn Jaeger2021-04-13T20:05:00
With a changing of the guard, the Federal Trade Commission is undergoing some major restructuring on the antitrust front. All told, it’s not just Big Tech and pharmaceutical companies that should be on alert.
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