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Elhauge and Leibowitz likely Obama antitrust picks

 

Published 1/15/2009 at Reuters: Politics

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Harvard law professor Einer Elhauge and Federal Trade Commissioner Jon Leibowitz are U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's likely choices for the government's top antitrust jobs, according to antitrust sources who have been following the matter. (link)

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