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ANTITRUST ACTS / LAWS / POLICY

 

DEFINITION: “Federal and state statutes to protect trade and commerce from unlawful restraints, price discrimination, price fixing, and monopolies.” Most states have mini-antitrust acts patterned on the federal acts. The principal federal antitrust acts are: Sherman Act (1890); Clayton Act (1914); Federal Trade Commission Act (1914); Robinson-Patman Act (1936). (Black's Law Dictionary, Sixth Ed.)

 

NARROW THE TOPIC:

·         Why do we need antitrust laws?

·         Have antitrust laws been good or bad for the U.S. economy?

·         Who regulates the antitrust laws? Can a private citizen enforce the antitrust law?

·         Compare and contrast the State of Florida Antitrust laws with the other states in the United States.

·         Select a specific industry such as banking or technology or telecommunication and discuss the wave of mergers in that industry; are such mergers good or bad for consumers?

·         Should the federal government and the states have filed antitrust suits against Microsoft?

·         Discuss the Microsoft antitrust case and its ramifications.

·         Would the outcome of the Microsoft case set the tone for future innovations in the technology industry or place a new focus on the importance of enforcement of antitrust laws?

 

LINCC SUBJECT HEADINGS: Antitrust law; Bank Mergers; Monopolies; Consolidation and merger of corporations.

 

SPECIALIZED SOURCES SHELVED IN THE REFERENCE COLLECTION:

American Economy: A Historical Encyclopedia	REF HC 102 .A66 2003
Encyclopedia of Business and Finance	REF HF 1001 .E466 2007 v.1
Supreme Court Drama	REF KF 4550 .Z9 B73 2001 v.4
West's Encyclopedia of American Law  "Anti-Trust" "Sherman Anti-Trust Act"	REF KF 154 W47
Encyclopedia of White-Collar & Corporate Crime	REF HV 6768 .E63 2005

 

AVAILABLE AT THE REFERENCE DESK:

Florida Statutes CH. 542.15

National Survey of State Laws

Oxford Guide to United States Supreme Court Decisions

World Almanac and Book of Facts

 

STATISTICS:

America Economy: Information Plus  (also available in the Opposing Viewpoints Database)

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics

Statistical Abstract of the United States  (also at Reference Desk) "Mergers and Acquisitions"

FactSearch (First Search) Database

 

ELECTRONIC INDEXES:

Academic Search Premier

Expanded Academic ASAP

OmniFile Full Text Mega

Issues & Controversies

General Business File

Business Source Premier

 

FULL-TEXT NEWSPAPERS:

Miami Herald

Sun Sentinel

NewsBank

 

INTERNET SITES:

ABA Antitrust Law Section	http://www.abanet.org/antitrust/home.html
Federal Trade Commission	http://www.ftc.gov/ftc/antitrust.htm
FindLaw	http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/01antitrust/index.html
Sherman and Clayton Acts	http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/15/ch1.html
U.S. Department of Justice	http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/

 

CITING YOUR SOURCES:

University/College Library Citing Electronic Resources

http://ucl.broward.edu/guides/citing.htm

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