Antitrust

"Antitrust law" encompasses a group of laws whose combined purpose is to prohibit individuals and businesses from engaging in actions that hinder or eliminate competition among buyers and sellers of goods and services. Although these laws are often enforced by the federal and/or state governments, individuals and businesses may bring civil lawsuits for damages they have incurred because of antitrust violations. Lacy & Snyder LLP can protect you and your company from these types of unfair and anti-competitive practices.

Antitrust laws prohibit a variety of anti-competitive conduct and are perhaps best defined by describing the types of activities that they prohibit. The following list describes some of the more prevalent antitrust claims.

• Horizontal price fixing: claims arising out of concerted action by competitors to charge pre-set maximum or minimum prices for goods and services.
• Tying arrangements: claims arising out of a seller's requirement that customers must purchase product "A" if they wish to purchase product "B" from that same seller.
• Price discrimination: claims arising out of a company's decision to charge varying prices for goods and services to different customers or to charge prices below cost with the intent of damaging a competitor.
• Monopolization: claims for a host of activities usually arising out of an attempt or conspiracy to gain monopoly power over a particular market.

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