[HN Gopher] New unsealed records reveal Amazon's price-fixing ta...
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       New unsealed records reveal Amazon's price-fixing tactics,
       California AG claims
        
       Author : kmfrk
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2026-04-16 22:08 UTC (52 minutes ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.theguardian.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.theguardian.com)
        
       | worik wrote:
       | Unsurprising
       | 
       | Did Amazon think they were too big to convict?
       | 
       | I wonder if they will meet the fate of Standard Oil, back in the
       | day.
        
         | fmajid wrote:
         | No, Antitrust law was effectively neutered by the Chicago
         | School and their agent Robert Bork.
         | 
         | https://www.theamericanconservative.com/robert-borks-america...
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         | (BTW that source is right-wing and can hardly be said to be
         | biased against Bork).
        
       | trollbridge wrote:
       | Amazon would be smart to settle with no admission of wrongdoing
       | and an agreement to seal documents lest every other state end up
       | following suit.
        
       | fmajid wrote:
       | At this point, Antitrust law is no longer the right statute for
       | prosecution.
       | 
       | RICO is.
       | 
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racketeer_Influenced_and_Corru...
        
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