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Attorney General’s office seeks new state antitrust tools; committee questions scope and investigatory reach
Summary
The Attorney General’s office asked the Judiciary Committee to modernize Connecticut’s antitrust law with HB 7072, proposing stronger tools to review mergers and seek equitable remedies in concentrated markets.
The Office of the Attorney General appeared before the Judiciary Committee March 7 to support HB 7072, which would expand the state’s antitrust enforcement toolkit by adding clearer authority to review mergers, seek disgorgement and enter assurances of voluntary compliance.
Assistant Attorney General Joshua Britt and a second AG representative told members the state already enforces against unlawful anti‑competitive conduct and that the bill would modernize the Connecticut…
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