Live Updates – ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting 2025, Washington, D.C.

The members of BakerHostetler's Antitrust and Competition Team are pleased to present these brief updates from the conference sessions at this week's ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting in Washington, D.C.

State Antitrust Enforcement on the Rise

At a panel hosted by BakerHostetler's Julian Perlman, state enforcers emphasized that antitrust enforcement continues despite the changing landscape at the federal level. The state enforcers made clear that they are not afraid to pursue actions and cited numerous examples of doing so.

The labor market is one area the panelists focused on. They noted that the labor market is still an enforcement priority for state attorneys general. Attorneys general across the county are still pushing back on noncompetition agreements despite the FTC's rule being up in the air. For instance, Pennsylvania recently passed a law banning non-competes, with some exceptions, in the healthcare industry. The panelists also noted that states are