The US State of New York Senate proposes legislation to modernize its antitrust law and expands the State’s and private litigants’ ability to litigate against companies for anti-competitive conduct

New York Could Lead the Nation Into 21st Century Antitrust Enforcement* New York is on the verge of revamping state antitrust enforcement to tackle competition issues of the 21st Century. On September 14, 2020, the Consumer Protection Committee of the New York State Senate held a virtual antitrust hearing regarding Senate Bill S8700, which is known as the “Twenty-First Century Anti-Trust Act.” The proposed legislation, which, New York State Senator Michael Gianaris introduced in July 2020, would modernize existing state antitrust law and expand the State’s and private litigants’ ability to litigate against companies for anticompetitive conduct. The bill, if passed, would place New York at the forefront of antitrust enforcement in the nation. It is no

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Grant Petrosyan, The US State of New York Senate proposes legislation to modernize its antitrust law and expands the State’s and private litigants’ ability to litigate against companies for anti-competitive conduct, 14 September 2020, e-Competitions US Private Enforcement, Art. N° 96804

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