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US Supreme Court's rejection of bid-rigging case complicates enforcement

By Chris May and Khushita Vasant ( December 3, 2024, 00:30 GMT | Comment) -- The US Department of Justice’s criminal antitrust enforcement program suffered a major setback when the Supreme Court recently declined to review a ruling that erodes longstanding presumptions about the illegality of conduct previously dubbed the “supreme evil of antitrust” by the high court. The Supreme Court’s refusal to hear the case makes the prosecution of bid-rigging cases in the Fourth Circuit more difficult while complicating civil and criminal enforcement against agreements involving parties with relationships across supply chains.The US Department of Justice’s criminal antitrust enforcement program suffered a major setback when the Supreme Court recently declined to review a ruling that erodes longstanding presumptions about the illegality of conduct previously dubbed the “supreme evil of antitrust” by the high court....

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