Antitrust practitioners slam Democrats’ new labour legislation

Kathryn Haake

30 April 2018

Congressman David Cicilline

Some progressive antitrust observers say proposed legislation targeting anticompetitive practices that ostensibly harm labour markets could win bipartisan support, but practitioners are calling the measures unnecessary and potentially dangerous.

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