The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division is increasing its number of trial attorneys as the Biden administration puts a bigger emphasis on competition and scrutinizing mergers.
According to Bloomberg Law, the Antitrust Division has hired at least five partners from large firms and at least a dozen lower-ranking attorneys.
“It’s unprecedented for the division to hire so many senior-level litigators from outside, and the hiring surge may corroborate the rumors that DOJ is ramping up to file major new cases,” Andre Geverola, a partner at Arnold and Porter Kaye Scholer LLP and a former director of criminal litigation for the division, told Bloomberg in an email.
