States confront Trump's antitrust retreat | San Antonio Express-News…

State attorneys general are preparing to enforce antitrust law independently as the Trump administration signals a retreat from federal antitrust enforcement, with California and other states pursuing cases against tech giants and media consolidation that the DOJ may abandon. Federal antitrust enforcement is going quiet, but California and a dozen other states are running their own cases—meaning deals you thought were safe now face state-level blocking risk that federal approval no longer shields you from. Call your M&A counsel this week if you're in tech, media, or financial services.