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Antitrust & Trade Reg.

Apr. 15, 2020

Oakland judge keeps antitrust case against bail bond industry alive

An Oakland federal judge has kept alive an antitrust class action accusing California’s bail bond industry of a long-running conspiracy to artificially inflate the price of bail bonds in the state but voiced skepticism about many of the plaintiffs’ claims.

A federal judge in Oakland has kept alive an antitrust class action accusing California's bail bond industry of a long-running conspiracy to artificially inflate the price of bail bonds in the state but voiced skepticism about many of the plaintiffs' claims.

Judge Jon S. Tigar of the Northern District issued a mixed ruling Monday, granting the bail bond defendants' motion to dismiss a federal Sherman Act complaint while permitting...

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