While fines or direct legal penalties are rare, violating Section 8 of the Clayton Act can lead to real consequences. The ...

Congress gave it that authority under the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, then added the Federal Trade Commission to the mix in 1914 with passage of the FTC Act, which gave it authority to bring ...

On Aug. 5 last year, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta found Google violated the Sherman Antitrust Act. “Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly” with its search ...

This is in violation of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act, as well as the Texas Free Enterprise Antitrust Act, says the counterclaim filed in US District Court for the Northern District of Texas ...

But, charges were filed against the firm, which was also known as Ma Bell, under the Sherman Antitrust Act in the 1970s, which led to the breakup of the Bell System. Under a settlement reached in ...

a consent decree with a poultry processor resolving allegations that termination payment provisions in its contracts with poultry growers violated the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Packers and ...

Interview Price fixing – an agreement between competitors to set price levels – has been illegal under the US Sherman Antitrust Act since 1890. But, allegedly, it's alive and well among real estate ...

The Jan. 6 complaint, filed in the US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, alleges violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act and federal laws against racketeering. The company said ...