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Antitrust Law - Study B-750

    In 2022, the Legislature authorized the Commission to study the following issues:

(1) Whether the law should be revised to outlaw monopolies by single companies as outlawed by Section 2 of the Sherman Act, as proposed in New York State’s “Twenty-First Century Anti-Trust Act” and in the “Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act of 2021” introduced in the United States Senate, or as outlawed in other jurisdictions.

(2) Whether the law should be revised in the context of technology companies so that analysis of antitrust injury in that setting reflects competitive benefits such as innovation and permitting the personal freedom of individuals to start their own businesses and not solely whether such monopolies act to raise prices.

(3) Whether the law should be revised in any other fashion such as approvals for mergers and acquisitions and any limitation of existing statutory exemptions to the state’s antitrust laws to promote and ensure the tangible and intangible benefits of free market competition for Californians ... (2022 Cal. Stat. res. ch. 147.)

    Materials related to the Commission’s work on that topic will be collected on this page.

    If you have questions or comments on this study, send an e-mail to Sharon Reilly at sreilly@clrc.ca.gov.

Related Material

• Commission Decisions (Meeting Minutes)
• Staff Memoranda
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Meeting Minutes

• June 22, 2023 Meeting Zoom Teleconference
• May 18, 2023 Meeting Zoom Teleconference
• April 20, 2023 Meeting Zoom Teleconference
• March 16, 2023 Meeting Zoom Teleconference
• February 16, 2023 Meeting Zoom Teleconference
• January 19, 2023 Meeting Zoom Teleconference
• November 17, 2022 Meeting Zoom Teleconference

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Staff Memoranda

• Memo 2023-43, Supp. 2 -- Antitrust Law: Additional Materials (10/24/2023)

• Memo 2023-43, Supp. 1 -- Antitrust Law: Status Report (10/18/2023)

• Memo 2023-43 -- Antitrust Law: Status Report (10/05/2023)

• Memo 2023-29, Supp. 1 -- Antitrust Law: Presentation (06/22/2023)

• Memo 2023-29 -- Antitrust Law: Status Report (06/09/2023)

• Memo 2023-27, Supp. 1 -- Antitrust Law: Presentation (06/08/2023)

• Memo 2023-27 -- Antitrust Law: Status Report (05/16/2023)

• Memo 2023-22, Supp. 1 -- Antitrust Law: Presentation (04/20/2023)

• Memo 2023-22 -- Antitrust Law: Status Report (04/06/2023)

• Memo 2023-16, Supp. 1 -- Antitrust Law: Presentation (03/16/2023)

• Memo 2023-16 -- Antitrust Law: Status Report (03/09/2023)

• Memo 2023-11, Supp. 1 -- Antitrust Law: Presentation (02/16/2023)

• Memo 2023-11 -- Antitrust Law: Status Report (02/09/2023)

• Memo 2023-7, Supp. 3 -- Antitrust Law: Presentation (01/19/2023)

• Memo 2023-7, Supp. 2 -- Antitrust Law: Status Report (Letter from American Economics Liberties Project) (01/18/2023)

• Memo 2023-7, Supp. 1 -- Antitrust Law: Status Report (01/13/2023)

• Memo 2023-7 -- Antitrust Law: Status Report (01/12/2023)

• Memo 2022-50, Supp. 2 -- Antitrust Law: Introduction of Study (11/14/2022)

• Memo 2022-50, Supp. 1 -- Antitrust Law: Introduction of Study (11/09/2022)

• Memo 2022-50 -- Antitrust Law: Introduction of Study (11/03/2022)

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