Ever since the earliest recordings of history, there have been individuals that have sought to gain an unfair advantage over others in many aspects of life, especially in the area of commerce. One recent example is where the National Milk Producers Federation settled a lawsuit alleging antitrust conspiracy in slaughtering dairy cow herds, reducing herd sizes causing scarcity to justify higher product prices. Now the defendants (Dairy Farmers of America, Inc., Land O’ Lakes Inc., Dairylea Cooperative Inc. and Agri-Mark … Continue reading →