Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Opposing or intended to regulate business monopolies, such as trusts or cartels, especially in the interest of promoting competition.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Opposed to the power or development of trusts, or of large combinations of capital.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective opposed to trusts, monopolies, or other large combinations of business or capital which threaten fair competition; designed to protect trade and commerce from unfair business practices; -- of laws and regulations.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective law Opposed to or against the establishment or existence of
trusts (monopolies ), usually referring tolegislation .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of laws and regulations; designed to protect trade and commerce from unfair business practices
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Examples
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Structural relief is a familiar concept in antitrust law, and was the way that the power of the railroads, Big Steel, Big Aluminum, and the old AT&T were finally brought under control, once it was finally clear that regulations could never control them.
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He returned after the war to attend law school, clerk on the Supreme Court, and become an expert in antitrust law in private practice, before being appointed a judge.
Stevens reactions: 'An inspiration to a generation of Americans' -Biden 2010
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News Corp.'s bid for BSkyB was referred to antitrust regulators, amid a political firestorm over reporting tactics of its News of the World tabloid.
What's News— 2011
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Avis, meanwhile, moved forward with its efforts to obtain antitrust approval and reiterated its commitment to sell assets representing $325 million of revenue as part of its Hertz bid.
Holders Reject Proposal By Hertz Doug Cameron 2010
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Clearwire said the move came "out of an abundance of caution to address questions raised by Clearwire regarding new developments in antitrust law," such as a recent decision involving the National Football League and how it relates to the Clayton Act. That law bars so-called interlocking directorships in order to preserve competition and avoid possible collusion or exchange of sensitive pricing information between rivals.
Sprint Executives Quit Clearwire Board Roger Cheng 2010
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Institutional point about process: in most jurisdictions, antitrust is predominantly the business of the government.
Archive 2009-08-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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These companies would like to pretend that they want to collaborate to reduce costs, but antitrust is the obstacle.
Wonk Room 2009
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Hence this has to be addressed in antitrust law to some extent.
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The requests, a special kind of subpoena used in antitrust investigations, followed a complaint by [the Computer & Communications Industry Association — a group with many IBM rivals among its members] to the Justice Department accusing IBM of harming businesses by abusing its dominance of the market for mainframes.
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Clearwire said that the resignations relate to addressing recent changes in antitrust laws, but the move could provide Clearwire added flexibility to pursue a deal.
Sprint Executives Quit Clearwire Board Roger Cheng 2010
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