Antitrust and Trade Regulation
Many people have never heard of antitrust laws, but enforcement of these laws saves consumers millions and even billions of dollars a year. The Federal Government enforces three major Federal antitrust laws, and most states also have their own. The three major Federal antitrust laws are The Sherman Antitrust Act, The Clayton Act, and The Federal Trade Commission Act.This is FindLaw’s collection of Antitrust and Trade Regulation articles, part of the Business Operations section of the Corporate Counsel Center. Law articles in this archive are predominantly written by lawyers for a professional audience seeking business solutions to legal issues. Start your free research with FindLaw.
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Antitrust and Trade Regulation Articles
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Information for Victims and Witnesses Who Report Fraud Crimes
Federal law enforcement professionals are concerned about victims and witnesses of financial crimes. As a victim or witness, you probably have questions about how your case will be investigated, what services and information will be available to ...
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Information on the Flordia Lemon Law
The Florida Lemon Law applies to the purchase or lease of new motor vehicles sold in the state of Florida. Motor vehicles include cars, vans, recreational vehicles (motor homes or R.V.'s) and trucks with a GVW of 10,000 lbs. or less. The lemon law ...
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Intellectual Property v. Antitrust: A False Dilemma
Many courts and commentators have suggested that there is a conflict between intellectual property rights and the antitrust laws. In reality, however, the two are not in conflict. There is a simple formula that will ensure that the purposes of each ...
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Investment Manager’s Non-Compete is Litigated
Non-compete clauses are common in investment adviser employment contracts and partnership agreements. Although they are widely used, the enforceability of these clauses is sometimes challenged.An interesting twist on the issue has arisen in a case ...
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Labor & Employment Update: May/June 1998
Year 2000 problems arise out of the inability of certain computer systems to properly recognize and process dates after December 31, 1999. This occurs because systems were designed to use only two digits to represent the year. Those systems will ...
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Lemon Law in Florida
One interesting area of the lemon law involves the argument that a vehicle used primarily in business is ineligible for lemon law. Section 681.102(4) or the Florida Statutes defines consumer as: The purchaser, other than for purposes of resale, or ...
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Marketing and Sale of Consumer Products and Services in Shanghai to Be Impacted by the New Municipal Rules on Consumer Protection
On October 28, 2002, Shanghai Municipal People's Congress amended the "Shanghai Municipal Rules on the Protection of Consumer Interest" (the "Rules"). The Rules will enter into effect on January 1, 2003. The implementation of the Rules will have a ...
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Maximum Vertical Fixing
Late last year, the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in State Oil Co. v. Khan, 118 S.Ct. 275 (1997), and overruled its prior 1968 Albrecht decision holding that vertical maximum price fixing was a per se antitrust violation. The Khan ...
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Merger Policy & Innovation
Presentation to the New York State Bar Association, Antitrust Section, Annual Meeting January 25, 1996 Do any of you remember the 1951 British film called The Man in the White Suit? Alec Guinness played the role of Sidney Stratton, a laboratory ...
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New FTC Regulations On Proper Destruction of “Consumer Information”: Steps Employers Need to Take to Comply
As part of its comprehensive efforts to combat identity theft, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has promulgated regulations effective June 1, 2005 for the proper destruction of "consumer information." While some commentators have raised alarms by ...
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