Cartwright Act: violations.
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- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Overview
This bill, AB 1776, amends the Cartwright Act to broaden the scope of prohibited anticompetitive practices. It prohibits actions that unreasonably restrain trade, monopolize, or monopsonize any part of commerce, requiring courts to use a specific analytical framework established in previous case law. The bill also includes an exemption for small businesses and mandates a liberal interpretation of California’s antitrust laws to promote fair competition. It establishes new provisions for alleging and proving market power in antitrust claims.
Key provisions
- Prohibits actions that unreasonably restrain trade or monopolize/monopsonize commerce.
- Requires courts to use the analytical framework from In re Cipro Cases I & II for antitrust claims.
- Mandates plaintiffs to allege and prove market power in antitrust actions.
- Creates an exemption for small businesses defined by employee and revenue limits.
- Requires courts to liberally interpret California’s antitrust laws.
- Addresses anticompetitive effects and procompetitive justifications within the same market.
- Clarifies that federal antitrust law is instructive, not conclusive, when interpreting California’s laws.
- Specifies that the Cartwright Act aims to promote free and fair competition.
Who is affected
- Businesses
- Workers
- Consumers
- Legal Professionals
- Government Agencies
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