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State Action Doctrine Bars Antitrust Challenge to Municipalities' Trash Hauling ContractsThis posting was written by Jeffrey May,Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter.Illinois municipalities? exclusive contracts for the disposal of waste, including recyclables, were shielded under the state action doctrine from antitrust attack, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Chicago ruled yesterday.The state-action doctrine allows municipalities to engage in conduct that would otherwise violate antitrust law wh read more

Full post as published by Trade Regulation Talk on March 15, 2011 (boomark / email).