Create a link to this page

Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:

<a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1B1-355526.html" title="Facts and informations about antitrust law">antitrust law</a>

Give this article a thumbs-up on StumbleUpon

antitrust law

From: Encyclopedia Britannica | Date: 2007 | Copyright information

Any law restricting business practices that are considered unfair or monopolistic. Among U.S. laws, the best known is the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, which declared illegal “every contract, combination…or conspiracy in restraint of trade or commerce.” The Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914, as amended in 1936 by the Robinson-Patman Act, prohibits discrimination among customers through prices or other means; it also prohibits mergers or acquisitions whenever the effect may be “to substantially lessen competition.” Labour unions are also subject to antitrust laws.For more information on antitrust law, visit Britannica.com.

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

"antitrust law." Encyclopedia Britannica. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 8 Jan. 2009 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

"antitrust law." Encyclopedia Britannica. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (January 8, 2009). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1B1-355526.html

"antitrust law." Encyclopedia Britannica. 2007. Retrieved January 08, 2009 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1B1-355526.html

Learn more about citation styles

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

	Time to study antitrust law Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 1/11/2001; ; 475 words ; Time to study antitrust law By RUBY Thursday, January 11, 2001...believe the answer is yes. Existing antitrust law dates back to 1890, when Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust Act. It was followed 24 years later by the Clayton Antitrust Act; since then, other legislation ... Read more
	A behavioural approach to antitrust law and economics Magazine article from: Consumer Policy Review; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Tor explains how a new approach to antitrust law can improve the competitiveness of...analysis, a behavioural approach to antitrust law and economics is grounded in empirical...rational actor-based models of traditional antitrust law and economics. The behavioural approach... Read more
	Consumers can sue drug firm under state antitrust law, rules Wisconsin Supreme Court Newspaper article from: Lawyers USA; 8/13/2007; 350 words ; Consumers could sue an international drug firm under state antitrust law for allegedly conspiring with generic drug manufacturers...Court has ruled in reversing a dismissal. The state antitrust act provides that "[e]very contract, combination in the...Bayer, alleging that the German company violated ... Read more
	Pulling the plug on antitrust law; Meese's monopoly game. (Edwin Meese) Magazine article from: The Nation; 9/26/1987; ; 700+ words ; Pulling the Plug On Antitrust Law The nomination of Robert...The Chicago school sees antitrust law not as rules governing...whose power the Sherman Antitrust Act and other measures were...Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust Act--the basic law prohibiting...through laws, ... Read more
	Antitrust law's gift to Clinton.(Kenneth Starr investigation; Washington Whispers)(Brief Article) Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report; 7/6/1998; ; 152 words ; Antitrust law's gift to Clinton Plus Vernon Jordan...this doctrine (which is borrowed from antitrust law), parallel behavior is not enough to...the president. The bad news is that antitrust law also holds that a smile, a nod, or a... Read more
	Antitrust Law, 2d ed.(Book Review) Magazine article from: Stanford Law Review; 10/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ANTITRUST LAW. By Richard A. Posner. [dagger] Chicago...title of the first edition of his book, Antitrust Law: An Economic Perspective, implied the...overlap Judge Posner's objectives in Antitrust Law: (1) to explain the economic approach... Read more
	Antitrust Law for Business Lawyers. Newspaper article from: Legal Publisher; 6/1/2001; 73 words ; Antitrust Law for Business Lawyers is a new softbound book from ALI--ABA (Philadelphia...Questions, Answers, Law and Commentary, the volume includes an overview of antitrust law, an examination of the business world, including production, distribution... Read more
	High-tech world, low-tech antitrust law Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 11/10/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...whether there really is such a thing as antitrust law? A threshold question about something...behavior is and is not permissible? Maybe antitrust law does. However, it was shaped by conflicts...enjoying monopolistic market share. Is antitrust law, and the creaking machinery of ... Read more
	Roche v. Empagran. (application of US antitrust law in foreign countries) Magazine article from: Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy; 9/22/2004; ; 700+ words ; A central challenge of modern antitrust law is determining the extent to which U.S. antitrust law applies to actors in foreign countries. (1) Although foreign violations of U.S. antitrust law seem beyond the proper sphere of U.S... Read more
	Economics of antitrust law; 2v.(Brief article)(Book review) Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 11/1/2008; 169 words ; 9781845425135 Economics of antitrust law; 2v. Ed. by Benjamin Klein and Andres V. Lerner. Edward Elgar...collecting the key articles on what has become a major issue in antitrust law, Klein and Lerner present 38 previously published works... Read more

For more facts and information, see all related premium articles

Related entries from encyclopedias, dictionaries, and thesauruses

	Antitrust Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States Antitrust Antitrust law consists of a body of statutes, judicial...choices among market alternatives. Antitrust law aims to protect economic competition...significance in recent years. Federal antitrust law is founded on three main enactments... Read more
	Sherman Antitrust Act Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States Sherman Antitrust Act The oldest and most important federal antitrust law, the Sherman Antitrust Act has provided the...basis for American antitrust enforcement and case law since 1890. Like the other antitrust laws, the Sherman Act... Read more
	Antitrust Legislation Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...Because the New Jersey law conflicted with other...uniform national antitrust policy. Fearing that...labor opposed federal antitrust legislation. Popular...interests with a law embodying several...first decade of the law's operation, the...did not violate the antitrust law. ... Read more
	Resurrection of the Antitrust Movement Book article from: American Decades RESURRECTION OF THE ANTITRUST MOVEMENT Economic Impact of Trusts By 1890, the year the Sherman Antitrust Act was passed, many saw the power of large business...laborers, or the consumer. Deficiencies of the Sherman Antitrust Act The Sherman Antitrust Act had deficiencies that were becoming evident ... Read more
	Sherman Antitrust Act Book article from: Britannica Concise Encyclopedia ...In 1914 Congress strengthened the act with the Clayton Antitrust Act and the formation of the Federal Trade Commission. In 1920 the U.S. Supreme Court relaxed antitrust regulations so that only “unreasonable” restraint...monopoly control, including the 1984 break-up of AT&T . antitrust ... Read more