DOJ looks at overturning Illinois Brick

Charles McConnell

24 January 2018

The principal deputy assistant attorney general for antitrust at the Department of Justice has said that the Antitrust Division is entertaining the possibility of overturning the Supreme Court decision that bars indirect purchasers from seeking damages under federal antitrust law.

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Charles McConnell

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