Biden’s Antitrust Chiefs Seek Funds for Strong Enforcement (1)

The Biden administration’s top antitrust enforcers asked Congress for more money to continue their ambitious enforcement strategy, telling a Senate panel that they’re “outgunned” by the legal power wielded by giant corporations.

During a Senate Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee oversight hearing on Tuesday, Jonathan Kanter, the assistant attorney general for antitrust, said the Justice Department would litigate more mergers this year than any fiscal year on record and remains “committed to bringing difficult cases.”

Kanter’s testimony came the day after a federal judge rejected the department’s bid to block UnitedHealth Group Inc.’s $7.8 billion acquisition of Change Healthcare Inc. ...