States have a strong history as frontline defenders against the threat of powerful corporations.
Explore this resource hub to learn how states can use their power to pass and enforce laws that bring down prices, improve wages, and allow small businesses and farmers to compete.
This map, built from a database of antitrust statutes of all 50 states and the District of Columbia, is intended to give policymakers and advocates a guide to what kinds of anti-competitive conduct their states prohibit, and areas where lawmakers could strengthen laws to stave off consolidation and stop corporate abuses.
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This issue brief explains how states can strengthen monopoly laws and get enforcement back on track. It explores how courts have weakened our ability to enforce state and federal antitrust laws, allowing corporate concentration to run rampant. It looks at why states should adopt reforms to overcome those barriers — and how some states are already taking action.
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State leaders are increasingly standing up for small businesses, workers, and citizens by taking on overreaching corporate power. While some states are pursuing legislation to update their broad state-level antitrust laws, this fact sheet spotlights 10 targeted antimonopoly policies across states.
Ron Knox reflects on the importance of state antitrust enforcement, both historically and today, and why it matters for more than just the Ticketmaster case.
A law that would give New Yorkers the power to fight rising grocery prices and shrink food deserts is now one step closer to becoming...
With support from ILSR and other allies, California is now one step closer to enacting the strongest antimonopoly law in the country.
Ron Knox explains the rise of trustbusting at the state level in the face of federal regulatory chaos.
States were the birthplace of America’s struggle against monopoly. Now, over a century later, states can once again play a crucial role in reversing the rise of concentrated corporate power. State attorneys general can lead the charge.
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Online price swings may look like fierce competition. In reality, they’re part of an invisible strategy Amazon uses to maintain its dominance of e-commerce and...
A More Perfect Union documentary explains a Pepsi/Walmart price discrimination scheme — exposed by an FTC lawsuit unsealed by ILSR.
ILSR's brief explains how corporate consolidation fueled high food prices, and the critical role independent grocers play in building resilient local food systems.
ILSR and 15 Small Business Rising partners co-hosted a briefing exposing predatory tactics used by large corporations to bully suppliers into providing illegal pricing deals.