The three key federal statutes in Antitrust Law are Sherman Act Section 1, Sherman Act Section 2, and the Clayton Act.
The Per Se Rule v. the Rule of Reason:Violations under the Sherman Act take one of two forms -- either...
mergers & acquisitions
antitrust violations
Antitrust violations occur when an antitrust law is broken; laws protecting trade and commerce from abusive practices such as price-fixing, restraints, price discrimination, and monopolization. The three key federal statutes in Antitrust Law...
buyback
A buyback refers to when a corporation repurchases its own outstanding stock. By doing so, the number of overall shares in the market drops and the value of each individual share tends to increase. Issuing a buyback offer is not binding on...
Clayton Antitrust Act
The Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914, codified at 15 U.S.C. 12-27, is one of the primary pieces of antitrust legislation in the United States. This act was designed to bolster the Sherman antitrust Act and outlaws the following conduct:
...collusive bidding
Collusive bidding refers to an agreement among two or more competitors to change the bids they otherwise would have offered absent the agreement. Where collusive bidding is well established, prices can rise substantially, in some cases by as...
contribution
Contribution is an important term in the fields of business and tort law.
Tort LawIn the field of tort law, contribution refers to an action a defendant may bring in a joint and several liability jurisdiction to recover...
corporate takeover
A corporate takeover occurs when the controlling interest in a corporation shifts from one party to another. Corporate takeovers are categorized as either hostile or friendly depending on whether the management of the company being taken over...
dissolution of corporation
Dissolution of corporation refers to the closing of a corporate entity which can be a complex process. Ending a corporation becomes more complex with more owners and more assets. For every corporation, the starting point for ending the...
economic espionage
Economic espionage is the unlawful or clandestine targeting or acquisition of sensitive financial, trade or economic policy information; proprietary economic information; or technological information.
The primary law against...
enhanced scrutiny test
In corporation law, the enhanced scrutiny test was established in Unocal Corp. v. Mesa Petroleum, 493 A.2d 946 (Del. 1985), also known as the Unocal Test. In this case, the Delaware Supreme Court established the enhanced scrutiny test, which...