Sorry if this is a lame question, but do you think that regulations and standards on ESG that explicitly mentioned animal welfare—something more like soft law, or “comply or explain”, e.g., “companies must disclose animal welfare policies”, or “social and environmental risks include losses due to… animal cruelty”—could be enough to start a change in US antitrust law interpretation on blacklisting products out of animal welfare concerns?
Sorry if this is a lame question, but do you think that regulations and standards on ESG that explicitly mentioned animal welfare—something more like soft law, or “comply or explain”, e.g., “companies must disclose animal welfare policies”, or “social and environmental risks include losses due to… animal cruelty”—could be enough to start a change in US antitrust law interpretation on blacklisting products out of animal welfare concerns?