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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Amendments to the Clayton Act also have been suggested.

ANTITRUST LAWS: EVOLVING TRENDS

As developed below, however, the Clayton Act does not insist on proof of the precise mechanism by which prices are increased.

Horizontal Shareholding and Antitrust Policy

Since the Clayton Act is a federal statute, its application should be uniform throughout the nation.

UMBRELLA DAMAGES: TOWARD A COHERENT ANTITRUST POLICY

Section 6 of the Clayton Act provides that the "operation" of the cooperative is not forbidden by the antitrust laws, but it leaves exactly what that means open to question.

Still the legal bedrock: despite recent challenges, capper-volstead continues to provide ag co-ops with antitrust protection

Section 16 of the Clayton Act entitles parties "to sue for and have injunctive relief ...

Antitrust law - "hard switch" a violation of the Sherman Act in "product hopping" case

To my knowledge, the DOJ and FTC continue to consider only the Clayton Act illegality of horizontal mergers.

The economics of antitrust law: a comment on the other contributions to this symposium

The absence of positive prices thus does not foreclose antitrust scrutiny; "trade," for purposes of the Sherman and Clayton Acts, encompasses zero-price transactions.

Antitrust in zero-price markets: foundations

Unlike the Clayton Act, the PCA does not contain any specific provision expressly prohibiting interlocking directorates in competing businesses.

A sleeping bear in the Competition Law

Indirect purchaser standing evolved from an interpretation of section 4 of the Clayton Act. ((13P Section 4 permits any "person ...

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The Horizontal Merger Standard and Section 7 of the Clayton Act

Serving more than one master: a social network analysis of section 8 of the Clayton Act

In addition to his economic discrimination and public accommodation claims, Williams also sought to attack the ticket sales ban on the basis of consumer protection law (specifically invoking the Washington Consumer Protection Act), antitrust grounds (relying on the Sherman Act and the Clayton Act), and unjust enrichment (Williams v.

Let's here it for the home team: Williams V. National Football League upholds geographic ticket sales ban

But in response to concerns that investment bankers were abusing their positions for their own benefit, Section 10 of the Clayton Act, which went into effect in 1921, prohibited investment bankers from serving on the boards of railroads for which they underwrote securities.