State Attorneys General Signal Enforcement Priorities For Competitor Collaborations

A group of 11 state Attorneys General and the District of Columbia issued comments on a federal inquiry updating DOJ and FTC guidance for competitor collaborations. They emphasized flexible, fact-specific antitrust analysis, opposed categorical carveouts, sought clearer ancillary restraints guidelines, advocated merger scrutiny for merger-like collaborations, and called for guidance on algorithmic pricing and concerted action.