PriceFixing

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli announced today that six computer chip companies have agreed to a $173 million settlement with 33 states over antitrust allegations that they conspired in a price-fixing scheme to overcharge consumers.

Babies are big business and no company is bigger in that space that Babies R Us. And that means no company has more influence over which baby products get sold.It is that power and how it was used at issue in a class action lawsuit against the chain and its parent Toys R Us. The lawsuit asserts the...

The state of Maryland is taking on price-fixing manufacturers with a new law that prohibits manufacturers from requiring retailers to charge a certain minimum price for products.The Wall Street Journal reports (subscription required) that "Under the new state law, retailers doing business in...

Count on it each election season: Our elected representatives finally get off their duffs and start working on things that will actually affect our pocketbooks.Early this week, Sen. Herb Kohl, who chairs the Antitrust Subcommittee in the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to the big four...