SACRAMENTO—The U.S. Department of Justice has taken the unusual step of issuing public guidance on an obscure California political issue: court reporting regulations.Federal antitrust regulators on Friday warned state legislators against clamping down on long-term or discount contracts between shorthand reporters and corporate clients such as insurance companies.
“Consumers benefit when a competitive marketplace presents them with a wider variety of services,” Acting Assistant Attorney General Renata Hesse of DOJ’s Antitrust Division said in a prepared statement. “When analyzing legislation that could result in a ban or limitation of third-party court-reporting contracts, the California State Legislature should consider a company’s ability to realize significant savings under a third-party court-reporting contract and pass savings on to its customers.”
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