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California still taking steps to advance criminal antitrust enforcement

By Alex Wilts ( April 1, 2025, 21:40 GMT | Comment) -- More than a year has passed since the California Department of Justice announced plans to revitalize the state’s criminal antitrust enforcement program — but the state attorney general has yet to bring a criminal antitrust action. Nonetheless, government officials are seeking to change the law and prepare antitrust enforcers for state criminal prosecutions. Eleanor Blume — special assistant attorney general at the California Department of Justice — told MLex that a state legislative proposal to increase criminal antitrust penalties is part of a broader effort “to revive criminal prosecution under the Cartwright Act.”More than a year has passed since the California Department of Justice announced plans to revitalize the state’s criminal antitrust enforcement program — but the state attorney general has yet to bring a criminal antitrust action....

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