US DOJ's job isn't to issue advice, detail Section 2 criminal-enforcement guidance, official says
By Khushita Vasant ( June 8, 2023, 01:54 GMT | Insight) -- Calls for the US Department of Justice to issue guidance on the revival of criminal charges for attempted monopolization are misplaced because it isn't the agency's job to lay out detailed instructions on conduct that enforcers may or may not target, a department official said today. Speaking at a conference in Washington DC, Andrew Schupanitz, special counsel for Section 2 criminal enforcement in the DOJ's San Francisco Office, said that it wasn’t up to prosecutors to establish the boundaries of what could attract charges.Calls for the US Department of Justice to issue guidance on the revival of criminal charges for attempted monopolization are misplaced because it isn't the agency's job to lay out detailed instructions on conduct that enforcers may or may not target, a department official said today....
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