Clayton Act provisions

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The Clayton Act provisions are U.S. federal antitrust rules that restrict anti-competitive practices such as price discrimination, exclusive dealing, tying arrangements, and certain mergers and acquisitions to protect market competition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal antitrust law provisions
allow injunctive relief
private antitrust lawsuits
recovery of treble damages in private actions
amendedBy Celler-Kefauver Act
Hart–Scott–Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act
Robinson-Patman Act
appliesTo commerce among the several States
commerce with foreign nations
corporations
goods
persons engaged in commerce
basedOnStatute Clayton Act provisions self-linksurface differs
surface form: Section 2 of the Clayton Act

Clayton Act provisions self-linksurface differs
surface form: Section 3 of the Clayton Act

Clayton Act provisions self-linksurface differs
surface form: Section 7 of the Clayton Act

Section 8 of the Clayton Act
country United States of America
surface form: United States
effectiveSince 1914
enforcedBy United States Department of Justice
surface form: Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice

Federal Trade Commission
jurisdiction United States of America
surface form: United States
legalNature civil law provisions
legalStandard may substantially lessen competition or tend to create a monopoly
legalSystem United States federal law
partOf Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914
prohibit acquisitions that may substantially lessen competition
exclusive dealing that substantially lessens competition
interlocking directorates among competing corporations above certain thresholds
mergers that may substantially lessen competition
price discrimination that lessens competition
tying arrangements that substantially lessen competition
purpose prevent anticompetitive practices
protect market competition
supplement Sherman Antitrust Act
regulates certain acquisitions
certain mergers
exclusive dealing contracts
interlocking directorates
price discrimination
tying arrangements
relatedTo Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914
surface form: Federal Trade Commission Act

Sherman Antitrust Act
sector competition law
targets anticompetitive acquisitions
anticompetitive exclusive dealing
anticompetitive mergers
anticompetitive price discrimination
anticompetitive tying arrangements

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Title 15 of the United States Code contains Clayton Act provisions
Woodrow Wilson administration notablePolicy Clayton Act provisions
this entity surface form: Clayton Antitrust Act
Commerce and Trade contains Clayton Act provisions
this entity surface form: Clayton Antitrust Act (codified sections)
Commerce and Trade contains Clayton Act provisions
this entity surface form: Robinson-Patman Act (codified sections)
Commerce and Trade contains Clayton Act provisions
this entity surface form: Hart–Scott–Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act (codified sections)
Clayton Act provisions basedOnStatute Clayton Act provisions self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Section 2 of the Clayton Act
Clayton Act provisions basedOnStatute Clayton Act provisions self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Section 3 of the Clayton Act
Clayton Act provisions basedOnStatute Clayton Act provisions self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Section 7 of the Clayton Act
Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 shortName Clayton Act provisions
this entity surface form: Clayton Act
Office of Policy Planning uses Clayton Act provisions
this entity surface form: Clayton Act
Celler-Kefauver Act closesLoopholesIn Clayton Act provisions
this entity surface form: original Section 7 of the Clayton Act