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Unlikely. High ranking government lawyers usually don't just put on cases to appease the donors of the executive. These are high-achieving, career-driven people
by ryanfreeborn 5y ago
Unlikely. High ranking government lawyers usually don't just put on cases to appease the donors of the executive. These are high-achieving, career-driven people. They want to win.
- p49k 5y agoSomeone still “wins” if they exit the FTC and immediately receive a highly paid lobbying job. The reality of the situation indicates that OP’s idea is likely, actually: https://www.citizen.org/article/ftc-big-tech-revolving-door-problem-report/ https://www.citizen.org/article/ftc-big-tech-revolving-door-...
- ryanfreeborn 5y agoOP's idea is that the FTC punted this at the direction of an elected official who gets campaign donations from tech companies. It does not follow that because the FTC has a revolving door problem (which it definitely does), there was executive pressure to punt. Furthermore, FTC officials tend to work at corporations primarily because they are among the most knowledgeable and well-connected people in the space, not necessarily because there is some kind of slow-acting quid pro quo here. It's still a problem, but it's not really analogous to the idea OP had.