Washington, D.C. — The American Economic Liberties Project today announced that Shaoul Sussman, who formerly served as Associate Director for Litigation in the Bureau of Competition at the Federal Trade Commission, will join the organization’s Board of Directors.
“We’re grateful to have Shaoul’s leadership and expertise at this critical juncture for the antimonopoly movement,” said Nidhi Hegde, Executive Director of the American Economic Liberties Project. “Shaoul has been at the center of some of the most important antitrust enforcement efforts in recent years — from taking on Meta’s monopoly power, winning the Kroger-Albertsons merger case, and shaping the 2023 Merger Guidelines that reset how enforcers and courts think about market power. His deep expertise and track record of strengthening the government’s antitrust toolkit will be invaluable as we continue working to curb corporate concentration and build an economy that works for everyday Americans, not monopolies.”
“I’m thrilled to join the board of Economic Liberties at a moment when the pressure from unchecked corporate power demands bold responses,” said Shaoul Sussman. “It’s clear our economy and democracy depend on robust enforcement, and fierce advocates to watch out for the consumers, workers, and small business owners. I look forward to working closely with this mighty organization to push the frontier of the fight to make our economy more competitive.”
Shaoul is a Partner and Co-Founder of the firm Simonsen Sussman and a seasoned antitrust practitioner with extensive experience in private and government practice. Most recently, Shaoul served as the Associate Director for Litigation in the Bureau of Competition at the Federal Trade Commission. During his tenure, he oversaw the Bureau’s expansive litigation portfolio, focusing on strategic case development and successful outcomes. During his time in the Bureau’s Front Office, Shaoul worked on several high-profile and complex cases including the Kroger-Albertsons merger challenge, which addressed consolidation in the retail grocery sector, and the FTC’s lawsuit to unwind Illumina’s acquisition of Grail in the Fifth Circuit, the first successful challenge to a vertical merger in 40 years. Additionally, Shaoul played an instrumental role in the FTC’s landmark monopolization case against Meta. Apart from his litigation work at FTC, Shaoul played a pivotal role in shaping the FTC and DOJ 2023 Merger Guidelines, which introduced new measures aimed at addressing market consolidation and modernizing merger enforcement standards to reflect contemporary market realities and economics.
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The American Economic Liberties Project works to ensure America’s system of commerce is structured to advance, rather than undermine, economic liberty, fair commerce, and a secure, inclusive democracy. Economic Liberties believes true economic liberty means entrepreneurs and businesses large and small succeed on the merits of their ideas and hard work; commerce empowers consumers, workers, farmers, and engineers instead of subjecting them to discrimination and abuse from financiers and monopolists; foreign trade arrangements support domestic security and democracy; and wealth is broadly distributed to support equitable political power.