The Federal Trade Commission’s settlement agreement with Welsh, Carson, Anderson and Stowe highlighted the difference in perspective on private equity antitrust enforcement between the agency’s outgoing and incoming chair. While FTC commissioners voted 5-0 to accept the settlement, Lina Khan and her successor Andrew Ferguson diverged in their statements on their decision, with the former striking a critical tone of private equity and the latter downplaying its relevance in the matter.
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