Senate Panel To Hold Antitrust Hearing

The Senate Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee will hold a hearing next week on enforcement of antitrust laws, a forum that might provide renewed scrutiny of some recent and controversial tech and telecom-related mergers.

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz and Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust Christine Varney are scheduled to appear at the Wednesday hearing. A spokeswoman for Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman Herb Kohl (D-WI) said he will likely raise some high-tech and Internet issues at the hearing, although details of the hearing's expected topics are still under development.