About this episode

California Attorney General Rob Bonta discusses his active antitrust cases, including the Ticketmaster trial and a price-fixing case against Amazon.

With the federal government largely stepping back from antitrust enforcement, who's picking up the slack? California Attorney General Rob Bonta makes the case that state attorneys general are filling the void, and he's got the caseload to prove it. David and Matt speak with Bonta about his remarkable portfolio of active fights: the Ticketmaster/Live Nation trial (which the states pressed forward with after the DOJ settled), a price-fixing case against Amazon, social media addiction suit...

People in this episode

Hosts: David, Matt

Guest: Rob Bonta

Topics covered

• antitrust enforcement
• state attorneys general
• Ticketmaster trial
• price-fixing
• social media addiction

Keywords

• antitrust
• Ticketmaster
• California Attorney General
• Rob Bonta
• price-fixing
• Amazon
• social media addiction

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ticketmaster, Live Nation, Amazon, California Attorney General

Places: California, federal government

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