State attorneys general (AGs) have recently signaled a more aggressive stance toward their own criminal antitrust enforcement. If they realize their ambitions, this could presage a notable shift in the US enforcement...more
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
California Assistant Attorney General (AAG) Paula Blizzard recently announced that the California Attorney General’s Office (AGO) intends to “reinvigorat[e] criminal prosecutions” under California’s Cartwright Act, Cal. Bus....more
Morrison Foerster’s State and Local Government Task Force is pleased to provide our bimonthly newsletter summarizing some of the most important and interesting developments from state attorneys general across the country and...more
California Senior Assistant Attorney General Paula Blizzard announced that the California AG’s office will “reinvigorate” its dormant criminal enforcement of the Cartwright Act. For more than a century, California’s...more
A bipartisan group of 35 AGs, led by Utah AG Sean Reyes, filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Epic Games, Inc. v Apple, Inc., Nos. 21-16506 & 21-16695, in support of Epic’s position that...more
Here are last week’s curated AG and federal regulatory news stories highlighting key areas in which state and federal regulators’ decisions are having an impact across the US: Not Just Fun and Games: Angry Birds Allegedly...more
California AG Rob Bonta and healthcare system Sutter Health (“Sutter”) gained the final approval of a California state judge for their settlement agreement, which resolves allegations that Sutter employed anticompetitive...more
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (AG Becerra) announced on Friday, December 20, 2019, the terms of a comprehensive settlement agreement reached with Sutter Health (Sutter), the largest hospital system in Northern...more
On March 14, 2019, a California state court denied Sutter Health’s motion for summary judgment on claims of alleged price tampering and combination to monopolize under California’s Cartwright Act, the state’s principal...more