The Ohio Attorney General’s Office is investigating an alleged bid-rigging scheme affecting purchasers of aluminum sulfate, otherwise known as alum. 

Recent articles in “Competition Matters” provided tips to public purchasers on spotting vendor collusion. 

Occasionally you may encounter terms or concepts unique to antitrust issues, competition, and schemes to exploit purchasers. 

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s Partnership for Competitive Purchasing takes a proactive approach to bid-rigging detection. 

If you need a speaker for an upcoming meeting of public purchasers or vendors, consider contacting the Ohio Attorney General’s Antitrust Section.

We encourage you to suggest a topic or ask a question of the legal staff of the Ohio Attorney General’s Antitrust Section.  

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