In the United States, toward the last part of the nineteenth century, widespread business combinations known as trust agreements existed. These agreements usually involved two or more companies that combined with the purpose of raising prices and...

US policy to prevent monopolistic practices in interstate commerce. It started with the Sherman Act 1890; the states have similar legislation applicable to production industries. Although national competition policies are common in OECD countries, few...

Federal Antitrust Legislation Excerpt from the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 Public Law 49-41, February 4, 1887 Enrolled Acts and Resolutions of Congress, 1789– General Records of the United States Government, 1778–1992 Record Group 11...

Antitrust Political Cartoons "A Trustworthy Beast" Originally published in Harper's Weekly (October 20, 1888) William A. Rogers, artist "A Trust Giant's Point of View" Originally published in The Verdict...

a threat to mergers and acquisitions? After being a forgotten word for two decades, 'antitrust' is again a part of the government's vocabulary. New York Times, May 21, 2000 In his words quoted above, Kenneth Gilpin was referring to the...

U.S. antitrust enforcement has declined in political salience over the past few decades even while levels of public antitrust enforcement and funding for the antitrust agencies have remained generally consistent with those of earlier periods. Antitrust has become a technocratic discipline in the minds...

Two antitrust claims brought against Microsoft Corp. by Novell Inc. can proceed, a federal appeals court ruled Monday.A panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a decision by U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz of Baltimore dismissing four of Novell's six claims...

The Supreme Court's ruling that blocks investors from suing Wall Street investment banks under antitrust laws could save Wall Street firms a bundle by limiting investors to smaller recoveries.In a case dating back to the dot-com bubble, the high court ruled Monday that antitrust suits...