Insane that this is legal and that professionals can be so easily bought. You would think there would be some kind of legal protection or incentive to not have watchdogs hired by potentially criminal businesses. I’m sure Amazon is at least 5xing their government salaries, so I understand the government simply can’t compete with that, but it’s a real huge flaw in our democracy that we underpay those that defend us fro…
The article notes that many believe a large contributing factor is the unpopularity of new head of the FTC, Lina Khan. I don’t know how much credence to give these claims directly, but when terms like “abusive” get thrown around to describe her leadership style it is easy to believe that her leadership is unpopular with at least a subset of FTC employees. Well before being appointed to the FTC, Lina Khan was making a…
Re: Amazon poaching Federal Trade Commission officials ahead of antitrust lawsuit
#11Hmmm... Is she hiring?