Conservative Tech Critic Seen as Leading Candidate to Oversee DOJ's Antitrust Division, Sources Say

TL;DR

Adam Candeub is being considered for assistant attorney general for the Antitrust Division.
Candeub currently serves as the Federal Communications Commission's general counsel.
Omeed Assefi, the acting assistant attorney general for antitrust, is departing next month.
Assefi oversaw a controversial settlement with concert and ticket giant Live Nation.
Other candidates interviewed include Mike Murray and Adam Cella.
The new appointee will review consequential mergers, including the pending Warner Bros. and Paramount Skydance merger.
A coalition of 30 states did not sign the Live Nation settlement and won a victory in court, finding Live Nation operated as an illegal monopoly.

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