Anti-trust

Anti-trust definition:
Prohibited trade, marketplace or merchant activities as defined in a relevant anti-trust or such other restraint of trade statute.

ANTI-TRUST - U.S. legislation, most popularized by the 'trust-busting' President Teddy Roosevelt administration, ...

Anti-trust
Legislation which regulates business monopolies by preventing businesses from price-setting or any other secret collaboration which circumvents the natural forces of a free market economy and gives those engaging in the anti-trust ...

Anti-trust
(USA)"Anti-trust" legislation is designed to prevent businesses from price-setting or other secret collaboration which circumvents the natural forces of a free market economy and gives those engaging in the anti-trust conduct, ...

The monumental Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890 (15 U.S.C.A. § 1 et seq.)—a statute prohibiting monopolies—forbids undue restraint of trade on commerce between states.

Neurontin: The makers of Neurontin, an epilepsy-treatment drug, are currently facing an anti-trust lawsuit for extending their monopoly over the main ingredients in Neurontin well past the expiration of their patents.

: any monopoly or attempt at monopoly or any contract, combination, or conspiracy intended to restrain trade or commerce that violates the anti-trust laws
see also Sherman Antitrust Act in the Important Laws section
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Treble Damages
Damages established by statute, most commonly applicable to anti-trust violations, whereby the plaintiff receives an award of three times the amount of actual damages.

The act of price fixing between competitors without actual discussion or agreement.One competitor would change the price and the others in the market would follow him with an unspoken mutual understanding.This act is a violation of anti-trust laws.

Parallelism: An un-discussed imitation by a business of a competitor's action, such as changing prices up or down without the active conspiracy between business rivals, which would make this coincidental activity a violation of anti-trust laws.

trade unions in the use of the union label, insignia of membership, credentials, &c., and making it a misdemeanour to counterfeit or fraudulently use them. A number of the states exempt labour organizations from the operations of the anti-trust ...

See also: Trust, Agreement, Contra, Order, Law