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Capper Volstead: Past, present and future – Part 3

By Jay L. Levine and Don Barnes on
In Part 3 of their Capper Volstead series, Jay Levine and Don Barnes discuss other statutes that exempt agricultural cooperatives from antitrust liability and delve into the historical and present relationship that USDA and DOJ have with the Capper Volstead Act.   Read a transcript of the episode here. Find Jay on Twitter and LinkedIn or contact him at jlevine@porterwright.com. Listen wherever you listen to … Continue Reading

Government is cracking down on antitrust issues in labor markets

By Jay L. Levine on
antitrustAntitrust enforcement is heating up when it comes to issues affecting the labor market and workers’ ability to sell their services to the highest bidder. Though the movement began in 2016, the Biden administration is claiming that certain agreements between employers that affect workers’ mobility and compensation can be prosecuted criminally.… Continue Reading

New Brandeisians push further: Proposed antitrust legislation reflects broad remedial purpose of antitrust laws

By Jay L. Levine and Porter Wright on
Our last article, New Brandeisians keep their promise, discussed the contents of Sen. Amy Klobuchar’s (D-MN) proposed overarching antitrust legislation, Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act (CALERA). Now, we’d like to take a step back and focus on the arguments supporting and opposing such reform, and in particular the precise manner in which the … Continue Reading
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