One of the biggest antitrust settlements in US history just got one step closer to collapseJacob Shamsian
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Exxon executive Sidney Reso dies in a storage vault in New Jersey. Four days earlier, he was abducted from the driveway of his Morris Township, New Jersey, home. Reso was shot in the arm, bound and gagged, and then placed in a wooden box that was hidden
The DOJ lawsuit alleges Apple violated Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act by monopolizing and attempting to monopolize parts of the smartphone industry. The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 is one of the foundational pieces of antitrust law in the U.S. and aims to prevent monopolies and en...
Louis Cardinals outfielder Curt Flood took the leagues to court to negate a player trade, citing the 13th Amendment and antitrust legislation. In 1972 he finally lost his case in the United States Supreme Court by a vote of 5 to 3, but gained large-scale public sympathy, and the damage ...
For the past century, the U.S. has had strong antitrust laws to avoid monopolistic practices (like having one big company buy up or destroy all its competitors, thereby driving up prices and driving down quality). Limits on monopolies help us avoid price-gouging and lowering of quality stand...
pharmaceuticals to airfare to household goods and food. But Hartmann also describes commonsense, historically rooted measures we can take—such as revitalizing antitrust regulation, taxing great wealth, and getting money out of politics—to pry control of our country from the tentacles of the ...
Reformers also brought about the prohibition of alcohol and prostitution. Other reforms include antitrust laws and laws promoting direct democracy such as direct primaries, recalls, and referendums.Create an account to start this course today Used by over 30 million students worldwide Create an ...
Using enforcement data from 1961 through 2004, the first section of the paper reveals that the assumptions underlying these theories are faulty. In reality, there was a seismic shift in antitrust theory in the 1960s and early 1970s that courts began to adopt in the mid 1970s. The paper ...
Antitrust is high on the reform agenda at present, associated with calls to “break up big tech.” Proponents of reform have invoked history with regularity in making their case. They say reform is essential to reverse the baleful influence of the Chicag