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Lawmakers weigh forced arbitration, app‑market rules and private antitrust enforcement
Summary
Senators and witnesses debated the role of private enforcement and forced arbitration in antitrust, and discussed pending legislative options such as the Open App Markets Act and the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act as tools to open court access and deter monopoly conduct.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal and other senators raised private enforcement and forced arbitration as central obstacles to meaningful antitrust enforcement, arguing that adhesion contracts and mandatory arbitration clauses often block private suits and class actions that would hold dominant firms accountable.
Why it matters: Private suits and class actions are a structural complement to government enforcement. Witnesses told the committee that forced arbitration clauses in…
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