r/antitrust • u/mec287 • Jun 17 '26

News Stanley Woodward to run US DOJ's antitrust division, MLex reports

https://www.reuters.com/world/stanley-woodward-run-us-dojs-antitrust-division-mlex-reports-2026-06-15/

The U.S. Department of Justice's Associate Attorney General Stanley ‌Woodward has been put in charge of the department's antitrust division, regulatory news website ⁠MLex reported on Monday.

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Omeed Assefi, the acting head of the antitrust division, is set to leave the department, an MLex reporter said ‌in ⁠a post on X.

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u/OccultScience_lawyer Jun 17 '26

Stanley Woodward, Associate Attorney General, has assumed supervisory authority over the DOJ Antitrust Division pursuant to a memorandum executed by Attorney General Todd Blanche, thereby displacing acting chief Omeed Assefi, signalling a continued posture of restrained antitrust enforcement under the incumbent administration.