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Two recent antitrust decisions by federal courts offer cautionary tales for businesses and trade associations. The cases involve common antitrust trouble spots: complaints from customers, “bad emails,” and competitor boycotts through what may seem like legitimate trade association activity.
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American Contractors Supply, LLC, v. HD Supply Constructions Supply, Ltd., the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals considered antitrust claims that arose from a complaint from a distributor to its longtime supplier. The distributor, White Cap, had served as the exclusive distributor in Florida for Meadow Burke, a manufacturer of specialized equipment used in “tilt” concrete wall construction. After White Cap learned that Meadow Burke was planning on doing business with another distributor in Florida, White Cap’s account manager called up his contact at Meadow Burke to express
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Democrats and Republicans in Congress are taking aim at a controversial law that shields internet platforms including Facebook and Twitter from lawsuits over content posted by users.
The measure just 26 words known as Section 230 now faces its biggest reckoning since it was included in the Communications Decency Act of 1996. Calls to revise it grew in the months before the November election and intensified after the deadly attack on Congress by then-President Donald Trump s loyalists.
Trump and his GOP allies claim Section 230 gives companies leeway to censor conservative speech, an assertion he repeated on Sunday at a right-wing gathering in Florida. Democrats accuse the same Internet platforms of failing to curb misinformation and hate speech, arguing that Trump s posts on election fraud fueled the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.
Internet Firms’ Liability Protection Under Fire. 26 Words and What’s at Stake
Democrats and Republicans in Congress are taking aim at a controversial law that shields internet platforms including Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. from lawsuits over content posted by users.
The measure just 26 words known as Section 230 now faces its biggest reckoning since it was included in the Communications Decency Act of 1996. Calls to revise it grew in the months before the November election and intensified after the deadly attack on Congress by then-President Donald Trump’s loyalists.
“No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.” –Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996.
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