Kamala Harris has a murky antitrust record. Wall Street sees an opportunity
Wall Street dealmakers said they believe Vice President Kamala Harris, if she were to win the November presidential election against Donald Trump, is a clean slate on antitrust regulation and a prime opportunity to loosen the Biden antitrust regime. "This 'big is bad' hostility [from Biden] will fall by the wayside" in a potential Harris administration, according to White & Case partner George Paul, who advised an attempted merger between Kroger and Albertsons. "I don't think Harris will go that far. I think she's going to take a step back." Wall Street's hope for more lax regulation under Harris, the de facto Democratic presidential nominee, might suggest a broader view that her stances on corporate regulation are still malleable. Just over a week into her presidential campaign