With the feds backing off, Oregon AG calls for state support to fight corporate consolidation

Attorney General Dan Rayfield wants more attorneys to wage antitrust cases that the Trump administration has become less aggressive in pursuing.

SALEM, Ore. — With the federal government showing little interest in blocking corporate consolidation, Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield made the case Monday that the state should invest more in legal efforts to halt mergers and break up monopolies.

“There are families who are paying more for groceries, getting squeezed on their cable bill, or watching their local newscast get hollowed out, and they have no idea a corporate merger is the reason why,” said Rayfield. “That’s what’s happening around the country, and it’s why

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