Antitrust Reform Efforts and Statutory Parens Patriae Authority

Borrowing from an earlier tradition first developed in American law by the courts, Congress has a long history of granting express enforcement authority to state attorneys general to bolster the enforcement mechanisms of intended reforms. This article catalogs existing grants to state attorneys general of express “parens patriae” authority, or functionally similar authority, in federal statutes, comments on discernible trends, and opines that the inclusion of “parens patriae” authority i