Clayton Antitrust Act
These trust agreements would result in a monopoly. To combat this sort of business behavior, Congress passed antitrust legislation.
1887: The Interstate Commerce Act which attacked monopolies and competition. 1890: Sherman Antitrust Act which attacked contracts made between businesses.
The Clayton Antitrust Act spelled out what businesses could and could not do.
The Interstate Commerce Commission was to monitor railroad operations. The Sherman Antitrust Act was to break up bad trusts that were affecting the economy. But, it was ineffective because there was no definition as to what a trust or bad trust was. So it was later replaced witht eh Clayton Antitrust Act.
Major legislation in this realm includes the Sherman Act of the 1890s, the Clayton Act of 1914, and the Cellar-Kefauver Act of 1950. The Robinson-Patman Act prohibits manufacturers from discriminating against small retailers in favor of large chains.
Clayton Antitrust Act.
Clayton Antitrust Act?
To restore competition between similar businesses.
Weakened antitrust legislation Strengthened federal civil rights laws The pure Food & Drug Act
Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890
In the United States, the main purpose of antitrust legislation is to promote competition in business.
Sherman Antitrust Act.
These trust agreements would result in a monopoly. To combat this sort of business behavior, Congress passed antitrust legislation.
The 1914 Clayton Antitrust Act Labor excluded unions and agricultural cooperatives from antitrust laws
The Clayton Antitrust Act spelled out what businesses could and could not do.
antitrust laws only apply to businesses. labor unions and most public utilities are not businesses. that's why the post office for example, isn't subject to antitrust laws because technically the post office is not a business. actually labor unions and public utilities are exempt from antitrust laws. Antitrust laws do not only apply to businesses but it also applies to industries as well. The following are exempt from antitrust laws: Labor Unions, Public Utilities - electric, gas, and telephone companies, Professional Baseball, Cooperative activities among U.S. exporters, Hospitals, Public Transit and water systems, Suppliers of military equipment, and Joint publishing arrangements in a single city by two or more newspapers.
1887: The Interstate Commerce Act which attacked monopolies and competition. 1890: Sherman Antitrust Act which attacked contracts made between businesses.