The Antitrust Laws - Federal Trade Commission
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.
Guide to Antitrust Laws - Federal Trade Commission
Learn more about your rights as a consumer and how to spot and avoid scams. Find the resources you need to understand how consumer protection law impacts your business.
Predatory or Below-Cost Pricing | Federal Trade Commission
A: Pricing below a competitor's costs occurs in many competitive markets and generally does not violate the antitrust laws. Sometimes the low-pricing firm is simply more efficient.
Antitrust and Intellectual Property Law: From Adversaries to Partners
The FTC and DOJ generally analyze restraints involved in licensing transactions and other agreements involving intellectual property using what antitrust law calls the "rule of reason." The rule of reason analysis involves several steps. First, the agencies ask whether the restraint is likely to adversely affect competition.
GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen to Pay Nearly $1 Million Penalty to …
2024年9月18日 · Cohen’s purchase triggered an obligation to file an HSR form with federal antitrust agencies and wait before completing the acquisition. Yet Cohen failed to do so, which violated the HSR Act, according to the complaint.
Bureau of Competition - Federal Trade Commission
The FTC’s Bureau of Competition enforces the nation's antitrust laws, which form the foundation of our free market economy. The antitrust laws promote the interests of consumers; they support unfettered markets and result in lower prices and more choices.
Attorney Hiring in the Bureau of Competition - Federal Trade …
Learn more about your rights as a consumer and how to spot and avoid scams. Find the resources you need to understand how consumer protection law impacts your business.
Joshua D. Wright - Federal Trade Commission
Wright is a leading scholar in antitrust law, economics, and consumer protection and has published more than 60 articles and book chapters, co-authored a leading casebook, and edited several book volumes focusing on these issues.
Inside the Bureau of Competition | Federal Trade Commission
Anticompetitive Practices II is the Bureau’s newest division and houses lawyers who possess a diverse set of backgrounds and deep knowledge of many different areas of antitrust law. This division investigates potentially anticompetitive conduct and actively litigates to …
strong antitrust advocates continued to prefer strict statutory standards backed by criminal sanctions; distrusting the proposed commission, they either opposed Section 5 or at best supported it half-heartedly.