Bipartisan AG Group Urges US Antitrust Law Update

Congress should pass the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust legislative package and update U.S. antitrust law, state attorneys general wrote Senate and House leaders Thursday (see 2106240071). New York's Letitia James (D) co-signed the letter with Colorado’s Phil Weiser (D), Nebraska’s Doug Peterson (R) and Tennessee’s Herbert Slatery (R). AGs from California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Washington, D.C., and Guam signed. “A comprehensive update of federal antitrust laws has not occurred in decades,” they wrote, drawing attention to “decreased competition in important sectors and undue judicial skepticism towards robust enforcement.”