Antitrust Chiefs Counter Proposed Cuts as Tech Cases Advance

Antitrust enforcers are pushing back against the impact of a broad, Justice Department-wide restructuring plan that would interfere with key White House priorities including enforcement in the tech sector, according to a senior official.

“Reorganization for the sake of reorganization means that we just have to make strong arguments about why this proposal is a bad idea, or that proposed idea is more plausible, and also to suggest alternatives,” Roger Alford, the top deputy to antitrust division head Gail Slater, said at a conference in Chicago Friday.

Justice Department leadership is seeking input on the proposal and “we provided ...