Legal
Supreme Court Lets Stand Ruling Curbing Bid-Rigging Prosecutions
At issue was the standard prosecutors must meet to prove illegal collusion occurred among companies that are both competitors and partners.
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The US Supreme Court left intact a ruling that curbs the Justice Department’s ability to use federal antitrust law to prosecute people and companies for bid-rigging, price-fixing and other collusion.
The justices, without comment, turned away a Biden administration appeal aimed at reinstating the bid-rigging conviction of a former sales manager at a North Carolina construction company.