Top antitrust officials and senior democratic law makers are seeking to focus on industries that may be plagued with antitrust concerns. This is a major reversal on the previous administration’s policy of not prosecuting large, dominant companies who have engaged in antitrust practices.

Some of the cases being reviewed by the antitrust chief at the Justice Department:

• Small agricultural operations may have been improperly obstructed by larger food processors. This is most notably true with the milk industry.
• Compliants are being examined whether the Federal Trade Commission and consumer groups are within or unreasonably preventing pharmaceutical drug companies from marketing generic drugs.
• Another case is between book publishers and Google regarding Google’s book scanning operation.
• Verizon and ATT filed a compliant against Cablevision and Cox Communications, saying that they are unable to purchase sports shows and other programs produced by the cable operators.