The Corner Newsletter: California Takes Antitrust Leadership Role ( J…

California's COMPETE Act (AB 1776) passed the Senate Judiciary Committee on 30 June and will add single-firm monopoly prohibitions to the state's antitrust law, filling a gap that currently restricts prosecution to multi-firm conspiracies. With federal antitrust enforcement suspended under the Trump administration and California's economy the world's fifth-largest, enforcement actions here could force global policy changes in major tech and other corporations. If you operate at scale in California or sell to Californians, you now face antitrust risk from single-firm abuse charges—not just cartels. California's economy forces global compliance: when the UK or France regulate Google, it changes worldwide; when California does it, the shift is inescapable.