US FTC's oil-deal probes under Biden buoy consumers’ private price-fixing claims
By Clayton Vickers ( September 2, 2026, 21:51 GMT | Comment) -- Biden-era US Federal Trade Commission investigations of the Exxon-Pioneer and Chevron-Hess merger deals have backed up private price-fixing claims brought by consumers against shale oil producers and two previous targets of the agency’s enforcement.Biden-era US Federal Trade Commission investigations of the Exxon-Pioneer and Chevron-Hess merger deals have backed up private price-fixing claims brought by consumers against shale oil producers and two previous targets of the agency’s enforcement....
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