Clayton Act
Merger regulation law
The Clayton Act is a 1914 U.S. federal law that strengthened antitrust regulation by prohibiting specific business practices—price discrimination, exclusive dealing, and acquisitions that substantially lessen competition.
It also exempted labor unions from antitrust prosecution and legalized strikes and boycotts.
The act supplements the broader Sherman Antitrust Act: The merger was blocked under the Clayton Act.
- antitrustAgainst corporate market dominance
- antitrust lawRules against monopolies
- ShermanAmerican tank model
- trust-bustingDissolving illegal monopolies
- big businessLarge companies collectively
competition · merger · FTC · price discrimination · Congress · 1914 · regulation · enforcement · injunction · restraint · collusion · corporate mergers · market · market power · dominance · predatory · unfair practices · exclusive
- Federal Lawsfederal laws, ADA, HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley, Glass-Steagall
- Historic LawsMissouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850
- Progressive EraTheodore Roosevelt, progressivism, Woodrow Wilson, Teddy Roosevelt, trust busting
- Wilson EraWoodrow Wilson, League of Nations, Treaty of Versailles, Paris Peace Conference, Federal Reserve
- antitrustantitrust, price fixing, cartel, collusion, antitrust laws
- Historic DocumentsDeclaration of Independence, Magna Carta, Constitution, Bill of Rights, Mayflower Compact
Clayton Actmonopoly
One seller, no substitutes
trust · cartel · market consolidation · laissez-faire economics · market concentration
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