Leo: An 'Unholy Alliance' of FTC, Lawyers, and AGs Targets Innovators
Leonard Leo · Ep 80: Leonard Leo Knows How to Win and How to Save Our Country · Joe Lonsdale · Mar 8, 2024 · at 25:34
Leonard Leo, conservative legal strategist and co-chairman of the Federalist Society, discusses regulatory overreach targeting technology companies with host Joe Lonsdale.
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“There's this unholy alliance between the FTC enforcement arm and plaintiff's lawyers and leftist state attorneys general. You know, they all feed off of each other and they create this iron triangle of authority and risk, right? Because if you're an innovator, and you're facing not only the FTC, but maybe private lawsuits by the plaintiff's bar, And investigations by, you know progressive attorneys general, you're getting this sort of wave of interorum activity against you, and they all work together in unison, and that creates enormous pressure, ah, on, ah, on innovation and on entrepreneurs.”
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