# Professor Lawrence White discusses the future of antitrust legislation

1 Faculty News November 3, 2015 ![International Financial Law Review logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/iflr.jpg?itok=lV4fFc8s)>

Excerpt from [International Financial Law Review](http://www.iflr.com/Article/3503363/Corporate/US-M-A-sentiment-strong-despite-antitrust-concerns.html) -- "'I don’t think a lot of mergers will be challenged in 2016. But in 2017 there’s going to be a new US administration, whether Republican or Democrat, and that may well lead to questions over whether there will be a new attitude to enforcement,' said [Lawrence J White](http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/lawrence-white), professor of economics at NYU Stern. 'My prediction would be there will be more enforcement challenges in 2017,' White added."

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