Criminal,
Constitutional Law
Feb. 25, 2025
California AG Bonta pushes for tougher antitrust penalties
SB 763 would dramatically increase penalties under the state's Cartwright Act, bringing them in line with federal antitrust laws. The proposed changes include raising the maximum criminal fines for corporations from $1 million to $100 million and extending prison sentences for felony antitrust violations.
Attorney General Rob Bonta is pushing an effort to drastically increase penalties under California's main antitrust law. SB 763 could give the state new tools to pursue mergers and corporate collusion.
But the debate over the bill won't occur against a backdrop of the federal government abandoning antitrust enforcement, as some critics of the new administration of President Donald Trump had feared. Antitrust attorneys say the proclamation by some in Trump's camp that ...
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