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Justice Gorsuch’s Antitrust Tutorial

By  |  June 22, 2021

By The Editorial Board, Wall Street Journal

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    Congress is gearing up to pass new antitrust laws that scrap the consumer-welfare standard that has long held sway under the law. The Supreme Court weighed in Monday with a timely reminder that courts still need to keep consumer benefit top of mind.

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