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As Biden zeroes in on attorney general pick, some worry one contender is too moderate on criminal justice issues
Matt Zapotosky and Ann E. Marimow, The Washington Post
Dec. 24, 2020
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WASHINGTON - As President-elect Joe Biden seeks to find an attorney general who can restore public faith in the Justice Department as an independent law enforcement institution while boosting internal morale, federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland has consistently found himself on the short list.
To some legal observers, Garland is an ideal candidate. A former federal prosecutor and Justice Department official who oversaw the case against the Oklahoma City bomber, Garland has the kind of Justice Department experience and credibility many have sought. Famously snubbed by a Republican Senate, which refused to consider his nomination by President Obama to serve on the Supreme Court, he still enjoys a reputation as a unifying, moderating
Inside Facebookâs behind-the-scenes campaign to fight antitrust lawsuits
By The Washington Post
By Tony Romm, Elizabeth Dwoskin
State and federal investigators were putting the finishing touches on two landmark antitrust lawsuits against Facebook when the tech giant came to them with an early peace offering: It would help stand up its next competitor.
For months, watchdogs in Washington and around the country had been probing Facebook and its chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, over allegations that the company had become an illegal monopoly. Regulators had grown increasingly convinced that the social-networking behemoth over its nearly 17-year history systematically had sought to acquire or eliminate all of its rivals, engaging in unlawful tactics to become one of the most profitable digital services in the world.
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By TONY ROMM AND ELIZABETH DWOSKIN | The Washington Post | Published: December 22, 2020 State and federal investigators were putting the finishing touches on two landmark antitrust lawsuits against Facebook when the tech giant came to them with an early peace offering: It would help stand up its next competitor. For months, watchdogs in Washington and around the country had been probing Facebook and its chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, over allegations that the company had become an illegal monopoly. Regulators had grown increasingly convinced that the social-networking behemoth over its nearly 17-year history systematically had sought to acquire or eliminate all of its rivals, engaging in unlawful tactics to become one of the most profitable digital services in the world.
The 15 partners to the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) signed the agreement
[1] Nov. 15, 2020, enacting the largest ever trade deal by population. The RCEP encompasses the 2.2 billion people of the 10 countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) plus Australia, China, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea.
The agreement is significant in that it complements existing treaties such as the European Union–Japan Economic Partnership Agreement, the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), and the many bilateral free trade agreements between ASEAN nations.
[2] state that all existing bilateral/plurilateral free trade agreements between member nations will remain in effect and that the deal will include “appropriate forms of flexibility including provision for special and differential treatment, plus additional flexibility to the least-developed ASEAN Member States.” In comparison with other trade deals, the RC