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Competition

Learn about antitrust law’s focus on competition.

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In this lesson, we’ll learn about antitrust’s foundational focus on competition. 

I.               Perfect Competition

In economics, a perfect market is one in which perfect competition exists. When there’s perfect competition, demand and supply for a particular good or service are equal at a prevailing price. In other words, if the price of a good is $10, every buyer who wants the good can have it at that price;...

Lessons

1. Welcome to Antitrust
3. The Scope of Antitrust Law
  • Interstate Commerce, Overseas Commerce, and Organized Labor
  • State Action
  • First Amendment and Other Immunities
4. Horizontal Restraints
5. Vertical Restraints
6. Monopolization
  • Monopolies and Monopolization
  • Monopolistic Practices
  • Monopolization, Attempted Monopolization, and Conspiracy to Monopolize
7. Price Discrimination
  • Pure Price Discrimination
  • Brokerage Practices and Promotional Allowance Discrimination
  • Liability and Affirmative Defenses
8. Mergers and Antitrust Enforcement
9. Global Competition Law and Patents