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Monopolies and Monopolization

Learn about improper means used to obtain a monopoly or maintain one.

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In this lesson, we’ll learn about improper means used to obtain a monopoly or maintain one.

I.               Monopolies and Monopolization

The earliest policy motivations for the federal antitrust laws were to eliminate the monopoly power that trusts in key industries enjoyed. Accordingly, § 2 of the Sherman Act makes it unlawful for any person to “monopolize, or attempt to monopolize, or combine or conspire with any other...

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