California Attorney General Rob Bonta and State Democratic Senator Melissa Hurtado want a bigger hammer to enforce California’s Cartwright Act, a key tool in prosecuting antitrust cases. The bill, SB 763, would raise the...more
On March 6, the California Department of Justice’s (California DOJ) Antitrust Chief Paula Blizzard, announced at the American Bar Association’s National Institute on White Collar Crime that her office is planning to...more
The most powerful tool capable of invalidating competitive restraints under California law is Business and Professions Code section 16600. That statute states that “[e]very contract by which anyone is restrained from...more