Antitrust Laws

Antitrust law in the United States is a collection of federal and state government laws regulating the conduct and organization of business corporations with the intent to promote fair competition in an open-market economy for the benefit of the public. Congress passed the first antitrust statute, the Sherman Antitrust Act, in 1890 in response to the public outrage toward big business. In 1914, Congress passed two additional antitrust laws: the Federal Trade Commission Act and the Clayton Act. (The Antitrust Laws. Web.)

The first antitrust law passed by Congress was the Sherman Act, in 1890. In 1914, Congress passed two other antitrust laws: The Federal Trade Commission Act, which created the Federal Trade Commission, and the Clayton Act. With some revisions, these are the most important federal antitrust laws still in effect today. Section 7 of the Clayton Act prohibits mergers and acquisitions when the effect "may be substantially to lessen competition, or to tend to create a monopoly." (ftc.gov) 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. For over 100 years, the antitrust laws have had the same basic objective: to protect the process of competition for the benefit of consumers, making sure there are strong incentives for businesses to operate efficiently, keep prices down, and keep quality up. The enforcement authorities of the federal antitrust laws are The Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division (ftc.gov).

Numerous independent agencies can impose restrictions on prices, entry into markets, disclosures or contract terms. Yet agencies often conduct little or no economic analysis to identify the need for, or effects of, restrictions before they're adopted. So agencies can impose massive mandates

The role of antitrust laws has been the subject of numerous publications that have attempted to provide a precise set of reasons and inspirations for their creation. However, there are still many schools of thought on the subject and much debate over the effectiveness and legitimate implementation of these laws. This paper analyzes the three main antitrust laws that the federal branch of the United States government uses to try to restrict monopolies. This paper also looks at antitrust laws in the modern business environment, and attempts to relay the information in a manner that a newcomer to the subject will understand the concept as it relates to modern technology and business practices. The findings of this paper indicate that the topic of antitrust laws is more complex than many believe and, depending on the position of the person affected by monopolies, the sentiment ranges widely.

This essay will discuss the requirements for a legally binding contract, elements for establishing misrepresentation in a court and some elements of the Australian Competition and Consumer Act 2010. Mr Manfredi entered into a bilateral contact with Elvis Eggplant who is the director of the vegetarian café HappyHippie.

In our case, the public would be harmed by not enforcing the non-competition provision. If the provision is not enforced, it would result in the reduction of an embryologist. Since there are no other clinics in Iowa, patients would be underserved. The public would be deprived of medical services because having one less embryologist would increase the workload on the remaining embryologist until a new embryologist is hired. Enforcing the non-competition provision would negatively impact the public. As mentioned previously, the process can be extensive considering there is likely a high demand in Iowa to find employment in this field.

The predominant view in the United States is that The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 was passed with the intent to protect consumers from inefficient market forms, and predation by large corporations. The specific provisions of the Sherman Act, as well as the later Clayton Act of 1914, prohibit acts that are considered to be anti competitive such as cartels, monopolies, price discrimination, and predatory pricing. Mergers and acquisitions are also individually reviewed to ensure they won 't have an anti competitive effect on the market. We will look at each of these acts to try to determine their actual impact to the consumer. We will also

Through the course of this paper I will introduce and discuss the history of the movement towards an actively and engaged antitrust legislation. I will also identify the original and early antitrust laws and how they have influenced the economy, as we know it today. Upon the completion of this paper you will understand who was set to benefit (gain) from anti legislation and who loses under the intentions of the antitrust laws today and in the past.

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Excellent post this week! The driving force behind a labor dispute is usually associated with money. There is typically a demand for an owner to increase their profits each year, while the players desire to make more money each year as well. The benefits of a collective bargaining agreement are that it will ensure there is some level of equality for both the owners and the players in negotiations. What is your opinion on the Sherman Antitrust Act? Do you believe that baseball should be treated as if it were any other sport? The Sherman Antitrust Act was established in order to allow baseball to operate more freely, but at what cost to everyone else? These players were absolutely treated like a piece of property, which is somewhat understandable

In a telling judgement, the Supreme Court of India, on Sep. 9, 2010, has effectively and judiciously circumscribed the boundaries of exercise of power by both the Competition Commission of India (CCI/Commission) and the Competition Appellate Tribunal (“the Tribunal”) while delivering its verdict in the much awaited case Competition Commission of India v. Steel Authority of India Ltd. This Note captures the highlights of the decision for readers of this Blog!

This paper will discuss the Google case that was presented by Microsoft stating that Google was in violation of antitrust laws. Also, in this paper some of the pecuniary and non-pecuniary costs will be discussed. Given in this paper will also be my thoughts on monopolies and oligopolies.

We’re more than a century into the antitrust regulation the system is not yet perfect we still have a long way to go. Here in United States of America in 2014, we continue to experience the effect of market power. One example is cable services; in the community where I live my local cable company is the only one that offers Internet and cable services by not allowing competition they are able to charge a fixed price much higher than neighboring communities that have other carriers to choose from.

Since the late nineteenth century, the federal government has challenged business practices and mergers that create or may create a monopoly in a particular market. Federal legislation has varied in effectiveness in terms of preventing anti-competitive mergers.

As many other students can attest to I was quite young while this case was going on. Now