-- Last revised 10/30/24 --
Antitrust Law - Study B-750
In 2022, the Legislature authorized the Commission to study the following issues:
(1) Whether the law should be revised to outlaw monopolies by single companies as outlawed by Section 2 of the Sherman Act, as proposed in New York State’s “Twenty-First Century Anti-Trust Act” and in the “Competition and Antitrust Law Enforcement Reform Act of 2021” introduced in the United States Senate, or as outlawed in other jurisdictions.Materials related to the Commission’s work on that topic will be collected on this page.(2) Whether the law should be revised in the context of technology companies so that analysis of antitrust injury in that setting reflects competitive benefits such as innovation and permitting the personal freedom of individuals to start their own businesses and not solely whether such monopolies act to raise prices.
(3) Whether the law should be revised in any other fashion such as approvals for mergers and acquisitions and any limitation of existing statutory exemptions to the state’s antitrust laws to promote and ensure the tangible and intangible benefits of free market competition for Californians ... (2022 Cal. Stat. res. ch. 147.)
If you have questions or comments on this study, send an e-mail to Sharon Reilly at sreilly@clrc.ca.gov.
Expert Reports:
Group 1. Single Firm ConductThe reports will be considered by the Commission over the course of several meetings, as indicated below. In advance of each meeting, the staff will prepare and circulate memoranda with the relevant expert reports attached. It is possible that working groups may wish to submit additional materials as the study continues. Any additional materials will be provided to the Commission and made available to the public.
Group 2. Mergers and Acquisitions
Group 3. Concerted Action
Group 4. Consumer Welfare Standard
Group 5. Technology Platforms
Group 6. Enforcement and Exemptions
Group 7. Concentration in California
Group 8. Artificial Intelligence
Please note that the following schedule of when the expert reports will be on Commission meeting agendas:
- May 2, 2024: Single Firm Conduct & Concentration in California.
- June 20, 2024: Mergers and Acquisitions & Technology Platforms.
- August 15, 2024: Concerted Action, Consumer Welfare Standard, & Enforcement and Exemptions.
- October 10, 2024: Artificial Intelligence.
The Commission encourages the public to submit written comments, which will be provided to the Commissioners for their consideration. Public comments may be submitted to sreilly@clrc.ca.gov. The public may also make oral comments at Commission meetings, which may be made in-person or via Zoom. The staff encourages oral comments on a specific topic to be made at the meeting where the report on that topic will be considered.
Public Comment:
For ease of reference, the staff has prepared an index of the public comments received in the Commission’s study of Antitrust Law. For each comment, the index provides a link to the staff memorandum to which the comment was attached.
Database of all Commission Materials:
Related Material
Meeting Minutes
- June 20, 2024 Meeting Hybrid Format
- May 2, 2024 Meeting Hybrid Format
- February 15, 2024 Meeting Hybrid Format
- December 21, 2023 Meeting Zoom Teleconference
- October 19, 2023 Meeting Zoom Teleconference
- June 22, 2023 Meeting Zoom Teleconference
- May 18, 2023 Meeting Zoom Teleconference
- April 20, 2023 Meeting Zoom Teleconference
- March 16, 2023 Meeting Zoom Teleconference
- February 16, 2023 Meeting Zoom Teleconference
- January 19, 2023 Meeting Zoom Teleconference
- November 17, 2022 Meeting Zoom Teleconference
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Staff Memoranda
- Memo 2024-46, Supp. 4 -- Antitrust Law: Status Update (Public Comment and Presentation) (10/25/2024)
- Memo 2024-46, Supp. 3 -- Antitrust Law: Status Update (Public Comment and Presentations) (10/09/2024)
- Memo 2024-46, Supp. 2 -- Antitrust Law: Status Update (Panelists, Slides, and Public Comment) (10/07/2024)
- Memo 2024-46, Supp. 1 -- Antitrust Law: Status Update (Public Comment) (10/03/2024)
- Memo 2024-46 -- Antitrust Law: Status Report (10/03/2024)
- Memo 2024-47 -- Expert Report: Artificial Intelligence (10/01/2024)
- Memo 2024-32, Supp. 3 -- Antitrust Law: Status Update (Public Comment, Presentations, and Additional Material) (08/14/2024)
- Memo 2024-32, Supp. 2 -- Antitrust Law: Status Update (Experts, Panelists, and Public Comment) (08/12/2024)
- Memo 2024-32, Supp. 1 -- Antitrust Law: Status Update (Public Comment) (07/25/2024)
- Memo 2024-35 -- Expert Report: Enforcement and Exemptions (07/19/2024)
- Memo 2024-34 -- Expert Report: Concerted Action (07/19/2024)
- Memo 2024-33 -- Expert Report: Consumer Welfare Standard (07/19/2024)
- Memo 2024-32 -- Antitrust Law: Status Report (07/19/2024)
- Memo 2024-24, Supp. 7 -- Antitrust Law: Status Update (Public Comment) (06/19/2024)
- Memo 2024-24, Supp. 6 -- Antitrust Law: Status Update (Experts’ Slides and Public Comment) (06/19/2024)
- Memo 2024-24, Supp. 5 -- Antitrust Law: Status Update (Public Comment) (06/18/2024)
- Memo 2024-24, Supp. 4 -- Antitrust Law: Status Update (Experts, Panelists, and Public Comment) (06/13/2024)
- Memo 2024-24, Supp. 3 -- Antitrust Law: Status Report (Consultant Update) (06/07/2024)
- Memo 2024-24, Supp. 2 -- Antitrust Law: Status Update (Public Comment) (05/31/2024)
- Memo 2024-24, Supp. 1 -- Antitrust Law: Status Report (Update on the Uniform Law Commission’s Antitrust Pre-Merger Notification Draft) (05/30/2024)
- Memo 2024-26 -- Expert Report: Technology Platforms (05/28/2024)
- Memo 2024-25 -- Expert Report: Mergers and Acquisitions (05/28/2024)
- Memo 2024-24 -- Antitrust Law: Status Report (05/28/2024)
- Memo 2024-13, Supp. 4 -- Antitrust Law: Status Update (Additional Public Comment) (05/01/2024)
- Memo 2024-13, Supp. 3 -- Antitrust Law: Status Update (Power Point Presentations from Experts and Public Comment) (05/01/2024)
- Memo 2024-13, Supp. 2 -- Antitrust Law: Status Update (Panelists and Public Comment) (04/26/2024)
- Memo 2024-13, Supp. 1 -- Antitrust Law: Status Update (Public Comment) (04/10/2024)
- Memo 2024-13 -- Antitrust Law: Status Report (03/28/2024)
- Memo 2024-14 -- Expert Report: Concentration in California (03/28/2024)
- Memo 2024-15 -- Expert Report: Single Firm Conduct (03/28/2024)
- Memo 2024-5, Supp. 1 -- Antitrust Law: Status Update (02/12/2024)
- Memo 2024-5 -- Antitrust Law: Status Update (02/06/2024)
- Memo 2023-49, Supp. 2 -- Antitrust Law: Status Update (Presentation) (12/19/2023)
- Memo 2023-49, Supp. 1 -- Antitrust Law: Status Update (Comment Letter) (12/18/2023)
- Memo 2023-49 -- Antitrust Law: Status Report (12/12/2023)
- Memo 2023-43, Supp. 2 -- Antitrust Law: Additional Materials (10/24/2023)
- Memo 2023-43, Supp. 1 -- Antitrust Law: Status Report (10/18/2023)
- Memo 2023-43 -- Antitrust Law: Status Report (10/05/2023)
- Memo 2023-37 -- Antitrust Law: Status Report (08/02/2023)
- Memo 2023-29, Supp. 1 -- Antitrust Law: Presentation (06/22/2023)
- Memo 2023-29 -- Antitrust Law: Status Report (06/09/2023)
- Memo 2023-27, Supp. 1 -- Antitrust Law: Presentation (06/08/2023)
- Memo 2023-27 -- Antitrust Law: Status Report (05/16/2023)
- Memo 2023-22, Supp. 1 -- Antitrust Law: Presentation (04/20/2023)
- Memo 2023-22 -- Antitrust Law: Status Report (04/06/2023)
- Memo 2023-16, Supp. 1 -- Antitrust Law: Presentation (03/16/2023)
- Memo 2023-16 -- Antitrust Law: Status Report (03/09/2023)
- Memo 2023-11, Supp. 1 -- Antitrust Law: Presentation (02/16/2023)
- Memo 2023-11 -- Antitrust Law: Status Report (02/09/2023)
- Memo 2023-7, Supp. 3 -- Antitrust Law: Presentation (01/19/2023)
- Memo 2023-7, Supp. 2 -- Antitrust Law: Status Report (Letter from American Economics Liberties Project) (01/18/2023)
- Memo 2023-7, Supp. 1 -- Antitrust Law: Status Report (01/13/2023)
- Memo 2023-7 -- Antitrust Law: Status Report (01/12/2023)
- Memo 2022-50, Supp. 2 -- Antitrust Law: Introduction of Study (11/14/2022)
- Memo 2022-50, Supp. 1 -- Antitrust Law: Introduction of Study (11/09/2022)
- Memo 2022-50 -- Antitrust Law: Introduction of Study (11/03/2022)
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