The DOJ Antitrust Division’s Chief Counsel for Competition Policy and Intergovernmental Relations, Gene Kimmelman, will be resigning to join Global Partners and Associates, a human rights organization.
Kimmelman is reportedly the DOJ’s “secret weapon” on antitrust, and was the primary force behind the DOJ’s rejection of the AT&T and T-Mobile merger, as well as the department’s approval of the Comcast-NBC Universal joint venture.
Full content: Washington Post
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