1. Jonathan Seth Kanter was born on July 30,1973 and is an American lawyer who served as Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice from 2021 to 2024, during the administration of President Joe Biden.
13 Facts About Jonathan Kanter
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Jonathan Kanter was born July 30,1973, in Queens, New York City to elementary school teachers.
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Jonathan Kanter's paternal grandfather was an immigrant from Ukraine who worked as a professional plumber.
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Jonathan Kanter graduated from the State University of New York at Albany in 1995 with a Bachelor of Arts and from the Washington University School of Law in 1998 with a Juris Doctor.
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Jonathan Kanter later worked in private practice, where he represented clients including Microsoft and Yelp.
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On July 20,2021, Jonathan Kanter was formally nominated to serve as assistant attorney general in the Department of Justice Antitrust Division.
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Jonathan Kanter's nomination was endorsed by nine former assistant attorneys general for the Antitrust Division, including Makan Delrahim, who served in the position under Donald Trump.
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In December 2024, Jonathan Kanter announced that he would resign as Assistant Attorney General effective Friday, December 20,2024.
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Jonathan Kanter was succeeding in an acting capacity by Principal Deputy Attorney General Doha Mekki.
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In May 2022, it was reported that Jonathan Kanter would be temporarily barred from participating in antitrust scrutiny of Google until the DOJ decides if he must ultimately recuse himself.
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In January 2023, it was reported that Jonathan Kanter would be cleared to continue to work on DOJ cases involving Google.
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Jonathan Kanter has questioned the value of the dominant "consumer welfare standard" in antitrust policy, arguing that the purpose of antitrust enforcement "is not to decide what is maximally efficient, but to enforce the law".
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Jonathan Kanter has been described as being associated with the anti-monopolistic New Brandeis movement alongside FTC chair Lina Khan and National Economic Council advisor Tim Wu.