Meador

US Federal Trade Commission official Meador is pressing the European Union to adopt a case-by-case approach to enforcement rather than broad regulatory rules. The push, reported by Law360, highlights ongoing transatlantic differences over how antitrust and competition policy should be applied, with US officials favoring discretion and the EU often preferring systematic regulation of large technology and platform companies.

FTC official Meador has called on the European Union to take a case-by-case approach to enforcement rather than broad rule-based regulation. The remarks add to ongoing transatlantic debate over how aggressively regulators on each side of the Atlantic should police competition and big tech, with the US favoring litigation-driven enforcement and the EU leaning on comprehensive framework rules like the Digital Markets Act.