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  • S. 150 aims to modify the Federal Trade Commission Act to stop product hopping. The bill introduces changes to patent laws concerning biological products, restricting the number of patents that can be asserted in infringement cases and specifying conditions under which courts...

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    S. 150 is like a rule that tries to stop companies from sneaking around with medicine products, and it also gives a lot of money to help make a health program called Medicare better.

  • H.R. 9452, titled the β€œCommon Sense Real Estate Consumer Rights Protection Act of 2024,” seeks to provide antitrust exemptions for state-licensed real estate brokers, their salespersons, and any trade associations they might belong to. It emphasizes that the regulation and...

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    This bill wants to let real estate agents and their groups have their own special rules so they don't always have to follow big national rules. It believes that each state should be able to make its own rules about selling houses and buildings.

  • S. 4290, also known as the "Antitrust Freedom Act of 2024," proposes changes to United States antitrust laws. It stipulates that the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, and certain sections of the Federal Trade Commission Act should not be interpreted to prohibit voluntary economic...

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    S. 4290 wants to let people and groups make deals together without worrying about breaking some big rules that stop businesses from getting too big and unfair, but some people think this could let bad behaviors, like making everything cost too much, happen too easily.