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FTC's Wright releases concurring statement on Blue Rhino, AmeriGas enforcement action

( October 31, 2014, 20:09 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: US Federal Trade Commissioner Joshua D. Wright released a concurring statement concerning the agency’s consent agreement with Blue Rhino and AmeriGas Cylinder Exchange to resolve allegations of anticompetitive behavior. Wright said there is clear harm to consumers “where, as here, the two principal suppliers in an industry have colluded in their negotiations with a major distributor to impose contractual terms the distributor initially resisted, and there are no plausible efficiency justifications suggesting the conduct may have been procompetitive.” See document below. ...

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