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Clayton Act

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Clayton Act
A 1914 American antitrust law that expanded and clarified the Sherman Act of 1890. The act prohibited price discrimination, mergers that substantially decrease competition, and other practices that the Sherman Act left for court interpretation. Significantly, the Clayton Act exempted unions and labor organizations from its provisions because the Sherman Act had been used to restrict the ability to strike.

Clayton Act
A 1914 federal antitrust law designed to promote competition by prohibiting or severely restricting practices such as the acquisition of competitors, price discrimination, secret rebates, and interlocking directorates.


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35) The 1996 Telecommunications Act amended section 7 of the Clayton Act to reaffirm that telecommunications mergers fall within the scope of the DOJ's enforcement authority.
Cortez Masto used a federal law, the Clayton Act, to press her case in federal court.
26) Relying this time expressly upon Bork's appraisal of the legislative history of the Sherman Act as the "predecessor" of the Clayton Act, the Court concluded that the latter Act, in providing a remedy to anyone injured in his "business or property," covered "pecuniary injuries suffered by those who purchase goods and services at retail for personal use.
 
 
 
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