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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ILSR’s virtual event, featuring State AGs Keith Ellison (Minn.) and Kris Mayes (Ariz.), centers on the vital role states can play (and have played) in using antitrust enforcement to rein in corporate power.
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Ron Knox provided testimony highlighting how corporate concentration in the grocery industry has led to record profits for major chains while consumers struggle with affordability.
ILSR details the many policy ideas states can implement to strengthen their antitrust laws to fight corporate monopolies and build local economic power.
A bill in the Rhode Island House could level the state's grocery playing field, and encourage other states to join the fight against monopoly power.
Rampant market power abuse is endangering the economic dynamism that New York small businesses generate. State lawmakers have an opportunity to level the playing field.
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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The decision to stop enforcing a single law decimated the independent grocery market and led to the dominance of big chains.
The government's decision to stop enforcing the law in the 1980s fueled the collapse of Main Street. Now a revival is imminent.
The FTC's lawsuit against Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, utilizing the Robinson-Patman Act, could be an opportunity to restore fairness to the American economy
Earlier this year the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice announced plans to revise their merger guidelines, setting the stage for a new...