Trade Orgs Defend Regulation at DOJ Roundtable

Earlier this year, the US Department of Justice launched a series of roundtable discussions on the relationship between competition and regulation. The agency is focused on current antitrust exemptions and immunities, as well as antitrust consent decrees and the consumer costs of anti-competitive regulation within a number of industries.During the last and final roundtable last week, the Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of America and American Beverage Licensees filed joint comments to say that any efforts to deregulate the alcohol industry