Florida Bar Says DOJ’s Antitrust Stance Misses Mark

The Florida Bar said Mar. 23 that DOJ missed the mark in arguing that the bar isn’t automatically entitled to state actor immunity from antitrust claims.

DOJ Mar. 12 filed a “statement of interest” in a case where TIKD Services, LLC, a startup that charges flat fees to resolve traffic tickets, sued the Florida Bar and others for alleged antitrust violations. 33 Law. Man. Prof. Conduct 697. TIKD alleges the defendants conspired to drive it out of business. Part of that conspiracy, it says, includes baseless accusations that TIKD is engaging in the unlicensed practice of law.

The Florida ...