Sherman Antitrust Act
Coverage of Sherman Antitrust Act in the Nexus archive.
- No yolk: NC AG Jeff Jackson settles antitrust lawsuit for 3 million eggs
North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson settled an antitrust lawsuit with three egg producers—Cal-Maine, Versova, and Hickman’s Family Farms—for colluding to fix prices. The settlement includes 50 million donated eggs to food banks nationwide, with 3 million going to North Carolina, and $1.5 million in legal fees. The producers also agreed to antitrust oversight and cease illegal cooperation.
- Anti-union monopoly power kills an iconic Milwaukee industry
Cargill's closure of its Menomonee Valley plant in Milwaukee, resulting in 221 job losses, marks the end of over 150 years of meatpacking in the area. The article attributes this decline to anti-union corporate policies and inadequate enforcement of anti-monopoly regulations, which allowed industry consolidation to harm workers and regional businesses.