In a recent Bloomberg Law article, WilmerHale Partner Ronald Machen, former US Attorney for the District of Columbia, examines what to expect under a Biden Justice Department, including ramped up antitrust and securities enforcement, and says corporate America should be ready for a robust and motivated Department of Justice (DOJ).
Excerpt: The Biden administration has made no secret of its intention to overhaul how the Justice Department enforces the nation’s laws affecting civil rights and the environment. On the campaign trail, Joe Biden promised to create a new Environmental and Climate Justice Division within the DOJ and to revive its Civil Rights Division’s pattern-and-practice lawsuits to address systemic abuses by the police.
