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California joins coalition of 5 states to increase scrutiny of monopolies, mergers
A COALITION OF FIVE Democratic state attorneys general announced a joint effort Monday to expand enforcement of their states’ respective antitrust laws in what they say is an effort to fill gaps left by the federal government.  California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the attorneys general of Oregon, Washington, Nevada and New York said during […] The post California joins coalition of 5 states to increase scrutiny of monopolies, mergers appeared first on Local News Matters .
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According to Local News Matters’s source item, California joins coalition of 5 states to increase scrutiny of monopolies, mergers, A COALITION OF FIVE Democratic state attorneys general announced a joint effort Monday to expand enforcement of their states’ respective antitrust laws in what they say is an effort to fill gaps left by the federal government. California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the attorneys general of Oregon, Washington, Nevada and New York said during […] The post California joins coalition of 5 states to increase scrutiny of monopolies, mergers appeared first on Local News Matters .
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