Arjun Garg is a Partner at Hogan Lovells. He was the Chief Counsel and Acting Deputy Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and also the Chief Counsel of the Federal Transit Administration, is an authority on transportation law and advises clients across a variety of aerospace and other transportation issues. Arjun is an established leader in the aviation industry whose clients benefit from his versatility. With experience as a regulator, litigator, and counselor, Arjun combines technical skill as a lawyer with the strategic perspective of an executive and the relationships of a senior government official. Drawing on this background, he helps clients across all facets of aviation navigate regulatory and policy issues affecting their business and solve their most complex problems. At the FAA, Arjun led the agency’s legal strategy on the grounding, review, and safe return to service of the 737 MAX, and steered the agency through related congressional oversight, investigations, litigation, whistleblower complaints, and policy reforms. He was instrumental in completing foundational rulemakings for drones and commercial space. He drove dozens of regulatory actions to sustain the continuity of the U.S. air transportation system in response to COVID-19. He also oversaw enforcement actions against regulated entities and the agency’s adjudication of contract disputes and bid protests. Arjun previously gained a decade of civil litigation experience in administrative law, class action, and commercial matters as a trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice, an associate at an international law firm, and a law clerk to the Hon. Thomas F. Hogan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
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On 9 July 2021 President Biden signed a far-reaching executive order intended to promote competition in the American economy. The order targets perceived corporate consolidation and anticompetitive activity in the labor, financial services, health care, transportation, telecommunications, (...)
