Trustbusters Targeting Cartels Abroad Reined in by U.S. Judges
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“The ruling opens the doors to foreign cartels to shield themselves from U.S. law by selling to a third party instead of directly into the U.S., said Robert Connolly, a lawyer at GeyerGorey LLP and a former prosecutor with the Justice Department’s antitrust division.

‘No Difference’

‘People can fix prices and then use a middleman,’ he said. ‘From an American consumer point of view, there’s really no difference.'”

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