The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) efforts to revive the depression-era Robinson-Patman Act, which forbids price discrimination, certain types of rebates, and commercial bribery by.
The Department on Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division has continued to be active in criminal enforcement over the last year, with a renewed focus on Section 2 enforcement.
Nathan Zito, co-founder of Z&Z Asphalt, was charged with a single felony count that outlined his invitation to conspire with a competitor, through a sham transaction, to attempt to monopolize the highway crack-sealing services markets in Montana and Wyoming.
In yet another signal in support of the notion that “the era of lax enforcement is over, and the new era of vigorous and effective antitrust law enforcement has begun,” on October 31.