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Meta lawyer accuses US FTC antitrust expert of having ‘partisan axe to grind’

By Chris May ( May 13, 2025, 23:31 GMT | Insight) -- US Federal Trade Commission expert Scott Hemphill is the “very definition of an expert witness with a partisan axe to grind,” a Meta Platforms lawyer said during Hemphill’s trial testimony in federal court today before introducing documents and articles outlining the New York University law professor’s prior outreach to the FTC, US Department of Justice and state attorneys general about the need for antitrust intervention against the tech giant.US Federal Trade Commission expert Scott Hemphill is the “very definition of an expert witness with a partisan axe to grind,” a Meta Platforms lawyer said during Hemphill’s trial testimony in federal court today before introducing documents and articles outlining the New York University law professor’s prior outreach to the FTC, US Department of Justice and state attorneys general about the need for antitrust intervention against the tech giant....

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