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Monopolistic Practices

Learn about practices that violate the prohibition on monopolization.

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In this lesson, we’ll learn about practices that violate the prohibition on monopolization.

I.               Improper Practices

To be liable for the offense of monopolization or the related offense of attempted monopolization, an actor must engage in certain improper practices that it uses to obtain or maintain a monopoly. These practices are said to be predatory, unreasonably exclusionary, or anticompetitive....

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