(l-r) Michelle Mantine, Christine Morgan, Charlie Rieder, and Christopher Brennan of Reed Smith. Courtesy photos California’s legislature is considering major reforms to state antitrust law via a tiny semantic change that will pack a huge legislative punch. Assembly Majority Leader Cecelia Aguiar-Curry has proposed AB 1776, also known as the“Competition and Opportunity in Markets for a Prosperous, Equitable and Transparent Economy Act” (COMPETE).