antitrust violations

Antitrust violations occur when antitrust laws, or laws protecting trade and commerce from abusive practices such as price-fixing, restraints, price discrimination, and monopolization, are broken. The three key federal statutes in Antitrust Law are Sherman Act Section 1 , Sherman Act Section 2 , and the Clayton Act . Violating antitrust laws can carry both criminal and civil penalties . Criminal penalties are capped at 10 years of jail time and $100,000,000 per violation.

For more detailed information see Antitrust laws .

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