On January 20, 2026, Republican Senators Chuck Grassley and Mike Rounds wrote the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice “encourag[ing]” them “to look into potential discriminatory ...

On December 12, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed its first Robinson-Patman Act case in more than 20 years, just as the White House is set to change parties and the balance of power on ...

The proposed merger between Kroger and Albertson’s was recently halted pending a ruling in a Colorado lawsuit. While this case is in the court system, there are actions lawmakers who care about food ...

Lawrence O’Brien, well-known confidant and aide to the Kennedys at the height of their 1960s power, titled his political autobiography No Final Victories. What is true in the grand world of politics ...

Is the Robinson-Patman Act Alive and Kicking? Businesses may not have focused on RPA compliance as a critical component of your antitrust compliance program, but should perhaps rethink that approach, ...

The Federal Trade Commission and Congress are showing renewed interest in a Depression-era law, the Robinson-Patman Act, which discourages sales discounts. This is bad news for hard-strapped American ...

In their Antitrust Trade and Practice column, Neal R. Stoll and Shepard Goldfein, partners at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, write that although the Robinson-Patman Act has long been considered ...

Some bad ideas refuse to stay buried, no matter how often the facts prove them wrong. The efforts of the far-left in trying ...

Federal regulators are planning to use a rarely enforced law from the Great Depression to allege America’s largest alcohol distributor is unfairly pricing wine and spirits, a person familiar with the ...

In the heart of America, small towns are dying not from lack of will or work ethic, but from the steady erosion of their economic foundations. Among the most critical losses is the disappearance of ...