DOJ Plans New Antitrust Effort

DOJ Plans New Antitrust Effort

The Associated Press The Obama administration warned corporate America on Monday the government will move more aggressively to investigate big firms that improperly dominate markets -- contending that lax enforcement by the Bush administration fueled the current economic troubles. Assistant Attorney General Christine Varney said DOJ is abandoning legal guidelines established by the Bush administration in September 2008. Critics complained that the earlier set of instructions made it difficult to pursue antitrust cases against big firms.