Criminal antitrust cases

What are the crimes of antitrust?

Under the Sherman Act, agreements among competitors to fix prices or wages, rig bids, or allocate customers, workers, or markets, are criminal violations.
Other agreements such as exclusive contracts that reduce competition may also violate the Sherman Antitrust Act and are subject to civil enforcement..

What are the major antitrust cases in the US?

Antitrust Supreme Court Cases

1. Author: Neil Gorsuch
. Ohio v.
American Express Co. ( 2018) North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners v.
FTC (2015) FTC v.
Actavis, Inc. ( American Needle, Inc. v. Pacific Bell Telephone Co. v. Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v.

What is an example of antitrust?

Rockefeller's Standard Oil is one of the most well-known antitrust law examples.
The company dropped prices by more than 50 percent and bought up several of its competitors.
As its control of the market increased, the company lowered production costs and prices even more while still making bigger profits..

What is antitrust case?

Antitrust lawsuits are a type of class-action lawsuit which is filed by individuals, organizations or agencies for claims of anticompetitive business practices which led to unfair competition, price fixing or other types of fraud..

Where are most antitrust cases filed?

California's Northern District Has the Most Antitrust Cases of Any Federal Court in Last 5 Years.
Several California district judges also were among the judges who oversaw the highest number of antitrust cases during the time period, including Northern District Judges James Donato, Maxine Chesney and Edward Chen..