The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 (26 Stat. 209, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1–7) is a United States antitrust law which prescribes the rule of free competition among...
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The three main U.S. antitrust statutes are the Sherman Act of 1890, the Clayton Act of 1914, and the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914. These acts...
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of the Clayton Act has been developed and animated by the U.S. courts, particularly the Supreme Court. Since the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, courts...
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The history of United States antitrust law is generally taken to begin with the Sherman Antitrust Act 1890, although some form of policy to regulate competition...
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United States v. Microsoft Corp. (redirect from Microsoft antitrust case)
actions constituted unlawful monopolization under Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, but the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit partially...
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Bork was wrong in his analysis of the legislative intent of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 and have criticized him for incorrect economic assumptions...
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Standard Oil (section Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890)
the U.S. Justice Department sued Standard under federal antitrust law, the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, for sustaining a monopoly and restraining interstate...
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Antitrust Act can refer to: The Sherman Antitrust Act, first United States federal government action to limit monopolies Sherman Antitrust Act (federal...
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and the regulation of interstate commerce. Sherman was the principal author of the Sherman Antitrust Act, which was signed into law by President Benjamin...
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De Beers (section Sherman Antitrust Act)
II, Ernest Oppenheimer attempted to negotiate a way around the Sherman Antitrust Act by proposing that De Beers register a US branch of the Diamond Syndicate...
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the Sherman Antitrust Act. Harrison also facilitated the creation of the national forest reserves through an amendment to the Land Revision Act of 1891...
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United States v. Google LLC (2023) (category United States antitrust law)
violation of sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890. The suit is separate from an ongoing DOJ antitrust case launched in 2020, which accuses...
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General Motors streetcar conspiracy (section Urban Mass Transportation Act and 1974 Antitrust hearings)
own or control transit systems, in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act. This suit created lingering suspicions that the defendants had...
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can't handle men." In 1912, NCR was found guilty of violating the Sherman Antitrust Act. Patterson, Watson and 26 other NCR executives and managers were...
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Competition law (redirect from Antitrust law)
It is also known as antitrust law (or just antitrust), anti-monopoly law, and trade practices law; the act of pushing for antitrust measures or attacking...
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United States v. Google LLC (2020) (category United States antitrust case law)
October 20, 2020. The suit alleges that Google has violated the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 by illegally monopolizing the search engine and search advertising...
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Federal Baseball Club v. National League (category United States antitrust case law)
(1922), is a case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Sherman Antitrust Act did not apply to Major League Baseball. After the Federal League...
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Hartford Fire Insurance Co. v. California (category United States antitrust case law)
countries could nevertheless be held liable for violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act if they conspired to restrain trade within the United States, and...
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Celler–Kefauver Act is a United States federal law passed in 1950 that reformed and strengthened the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914, which had amended the Sherman Antitrust...
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SLNS Gajabahu (P626) (redirect from USCGC Sherman (WHEC-720))
United States Secretary of the Treasury and author of the Sherman Antitrust Act. CGC Sherman's keel was laid on January 25, 1967 at Avondale Shipyards in...
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History of United States patent law (redirect from Patent Act of 1793)
This negative attitude towards patents led to the inception of the Sherman Antitrust Act. During the depression, many opposed patents, and this is depicted...
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Pfizer Inc. v. Government of India (category United States antitrust case law)
provided under the earlier enacted Sherman Antitrust Act. Enacted by Congress in 1890, the Sherman Antitrust Act was the first federal law that prohibited...
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inspiration and motivation for this act started in 1890, when the Sherman Antitrust Act was passed. There was a strong antitrust movement to prevent manufacturers...
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Presidency of Benjamin Harrison (section Antitrust law)
Tariff, which imposed historic protective trade rates, and the Sherman Antitrust Act, which empowered the federal government to investigate and prosecute...
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Big Tech (section Antitrust efforts)
ruled that Microsoft's actions constituted monopolization under the Sherman Antitrust Act, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit affirmed most...
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parens patriae suits on behalf of those injured by violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act. Parens patriae relates to a notion initially invoked by the King's...
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United States v. Apple (2012) (category United States antitrust case law)
2013), was a US antitrust case in which the Court held that Apple Inc. conspired to raise the price of e-books in violation of the Sherman Act. The suit, filed...
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new section of antitrust laws to prevent from diminishing social wealth. Most important laws of that time are the Sherman Antitrust Act in 1890 and the...
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United States v. AT&T (1982) (category United States antitrust case law)
provisions of antitrust law, including the Sherman Act which allows government action against companies that abuse their market power, and the Tunney Act which...
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of the popular vote. The Sherman Silver Purchase Act, the Dependent and Disability Pension Act and the Sherman Antitrust Act. Widespread labor unrest...
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