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US FTC's Meador calls out 'weird gamesmanship' by antitrust lawyers

By Khushita Vasant ( December 30, 2025, 21:45 GMT | Comment) -- Gamesmanship by certain law firms involved in antitrust or merger cases continues to impede competition enforcers, and such misbehavior ought to be publicly challenged, according to Mark Meador, the most recent appointee to the US Federal Trade Commission. The Republican commissioner, who took office in April, told MLex in an interview that the transgressions are specific to some law firms and lawyers, but he did not name them.Gamesmanship by certain law firms involved in antitrust or merger cases continues to impede competition enforcers, and such misbehavior ought to be publicly challenged, according to Mark Meador, the most recent appointee to the US Federal Trade Commission....

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