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Clayton Act

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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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Along with the Clayton Act of 1914, the law bans mergers that unduly hinder competition, as well as predatory pricing and other behavior in which a company uses its market power to hurt competitors without helping consumers.
ANTITRUST LAWS MOVING INTO CYBERSPACE; MICROSOFT, GOVERNMENT GO HEAD ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
The principal federal antitrust acts are the Sherman Act, (1) the Clayton Act, (2) the Federal Trade Commission Act, (3) the Robinson-Patman Act, (4) and the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act.
Forming physician network joint ventures by Anderson, Kimberly R. / Physician Executive
If the sherman act and clayton act didn't address a pressing public interest, why were they passed?
The Causes and Consequences of Antitrust: The Public Choice ... by Henderson, David R. / Reason
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