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Interstate Commerce, Overseas Commerce, and Organized Labor

Learn about the application of antitrust law to interstate and overseas commerce and to organized labor.

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In this lesson, we’ll learn about the application of antitrust law to interstate and international commerce and to organized labor.

I.               State Antitrust Law and Interstate Commerce

The antitrust laws don’t apply to any and all economic activity involving markets for goods and services. Although federal and state law—and indeed, the laws of other nations—favor competition as an important public policy objective,...

Lessons

1. Welcome to Antitrust
  • Welcome to Antitrust
2. The Origins and Economics of Antitrust Law
3. The Scope of Antitrust Law
  • Interstate Commerce, Overseas Commerce, and Organized Labor
  • State Action
  • First Amendment and Other Immunities
4. Horizontal Restraints
  • Defining the Market
  • Horizontal Agreements
  • Per Se Violations
  • The Rule of Reason
5. Vertical Restraints
  • Vertical Agreements
  • Resale Price Maintenance
  • Vertical Market Allocation
  • Tying Arrangements
  • Exclusive Dealing
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
  • Mergers
  • Merger Review
  • Antitrust: Private Rights of Action
  • Antitrust: Public Enforcement
9. Global Competition Law and Patents
  • Global Competition Law
  • Patents
  • Patent Licensing