For several years, I’ve heard bits and pieces about “price fixing in New Jersey.” The bits and pieces got more interesting the more I investigated.
I spent several hours on the phone with Antoine “Tony” Nassimos. Tony followed the proceedings concerning Joe Fichner, who has been accused by the Board of Examiners of Master Plumbers of the State of New Jersey of unconscionable pricing practices. Tony has accumulated over 17,000 pages of legal transcripts related to these proceedings. I did not read all the transcripts but I read enough to form a few opinions about lessons in them for the small shop operator.