Most price gouging laws have been in effect for upwards of five months. These laws were not designed for the length and national scope of the current pandemic, which has led to them unintentionally harming businesses and the economy, and ultimately consumers along the way. In a recent Fortune article, Proskauer’s antitrust lawyers Chris Ondeck and Jennifer Tarr discuss several options to remedy these issues while still achieving the goals of these laws.
Read the full article: Pandemic price gouging is a huge issue—but state laws to stop it are creating more problems than they solve
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