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May 31, 2024 · Antitrust laws were implemented to prevent companies from getting greedy and abusing their power. Without these regulations in place, many politicians fear that big businesses would gobble up the...
May 2, 2022 · What Are Antitrust Laws? Antitrust laws also referred to as competition laws, are statutes developed by the U.S. government to protect consumers from predatory business practices.
In the United States and Canada, and to a lesser extent in the European Union, the modern law governing monopolies and economic competition is still known by its original name, "antitrust law". In most other countries, however, it is now called "competition law" or "anti-monopoly law".
It is also known as antitrust law (or just antitrust), anti-monopoly law, and trade practices law; the act of pushing for antitrust measures or attacking monopolistic companies (known as trusts) is commonly known as trust busting. The history of competition law reaches back to the Roman Empire.
- www.ftc.gov
- › Competition Guidance
- › Guide to Antitrust Laws
The antitrust laws proscribe unlawful mergers and business practices in general terms, leaving courts to decide which ones are illegal based on the facts of each case. Courts have applied the antitrust laws to changing markets, from a time of horse and buggies to the present digital age.
Our Competition & Antitrust Practice regularly provides cross-border antitrust advice and has represented clients in anti-competitive agreement and abuse of dominant position investigations by the Malaysia Competition Commission.
- www.ftc.gov
- › Competition Guidance
This Guide to the Antitrust Laws contains a more in-depth discussion of competition issues for those with specific questions about the antitrust laws. From the table at the bottom, you will find Fact Sheets on a variety of competition topics, with examples of cases and Frequently Asked Questions.
whether antitrust should promote “noneconomic” objectives like personal liberty, protecting small entrepreneurs, or preserving the integrity of the political process.
Dec 20, 2023 · The Antitrust Division enforces federal antitrust and competition laws. These laws prohibit anticompetitive conduct and mergers that deprive American consumers, taxpayers, and workers of the benefits of competition.
Antitrust refers to the regulation of the concentration of economic power, particularly in regard to monopolies and other anticompetitive practices. Antitrust laws exist as both federal statutes and state statutes.
