Media Access Project (MAP) is pressing FTC to provide details on ...
Media Access Project (MAP) is pressing FTC to provide details on events leading up to proposed revision of FTC and Dept. of Justice (DoJ) antitrust oversight jurisdiction. Govt. recently dropped plan to announce proposal that would have given media…
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merger oversight exclusively to Justice. MAP Pres. Andrew Schwartzman recently urged (CD Jan 23 p6) Senate Commerce Committee Chmn. Hollings (D-S.C.) to open investigation into FTC-DoJ plan, which critics say was devised without proper consultation with Congress or with all FTC commissioners. Hollings’s aides recently met (CD Jan 28 p3) with DoJ staff to ascertain circumstances leading to proposal, but said questions remained unanswered after meeting and additional discussions were planned. Schwartzman asked FTC Chmn. Timothy Muris in letter dated Jan. 29 to elaborate on reorganization plan “within 72 hours.”