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Gene Kimmelman leaves DOJ for human rights organization

By  |  July 10, 2012

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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