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Assembly moves to update antitrust law for algorithm‑enabled price fixing; industry seeks clearer definitions
Summary
AB 325 would update California antitrust law to address algorithmic coordination in pricing; supporters argued modern tools enable covert collusion, while retailers, tech and business groups warned the bill risks overbroad liability and shifts pleading and proof burdens.
Assemblymember Aguiar‑Curry presented AB 325 as a measure to update the Cartwright Act and other antitrust tools for the era of pricing algorithms and third‑party software that can coordinate prices without direct human contact. She said price‑fixing via software can be harder to detect and can enable coordination at unprecedented scale; the bill would clarify that algorithmic collusion and sharing of competitively sensitive, non‑public data with third parties can…
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