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As 2024 gets underway, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (collectively, the "agencies") are continuing to take an aggressive...

Antitrust law, any law restricting business practices considered unfair or monopolistic. The United States has the longest standing policy of maintain...

A vocal group of small businesses is urging the FTC to enforce a 1936 law that it says would even the grocery playing field.

The Biden administration wants to bring back a New Deal relic aimed at putting the old A&P grocery stores out of business

Antitrust law, any law restricting business practices considered unfair or monopolistic. The United States has the longest standing policy of maintaining competition among business enterprises through a variety of laws. The best known is the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, which declared illegal “every contract, combination . . . or conspiracy in restraint of trade or commerce.” Another important U.S. antitrust law, the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914, as amended in 1936 by the Robinson–Patm...

Federal Trade Commission FTC launched antitrust investigations into Pepsi and Coca Cola. The companies’ pricing strategies are being scrutinized for price discrimination in soft drink market. Companies face another front for potential government investigations.

On January 10, 2023 Politico reported that the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has launched antitrust investigations into Pepsi and Coca Cola. According to the article, the “companies’...

Regulators resurfacing the fair pricing regulation could cause significant headaches for channel program managers.

Recently, substantial public attention has focused on the supposed need to apply antitrust law more vigorously to address problems caused by today’s “winner-take-all” economy.

While, historically, government enforcement of the Robinson-Patman Act has been virtually non-existent, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced its intention to dust-off...