Antitrust Law
Antitrust law seeks to promote market competition and protect consumers from anti-competitive business practices. It addresses monopolization, cartels, mergers, and agreements that unreasonably restrain trade. This category examines competition law frameworks including the Sherman Act, Clayton Act, and their equivalents in jurisdictions worldwide.
Chinese Antitrust Law
Statutory Framework China’s competition law regime is anchored in the Antimonopoly Law (AML), promulgated on 30 August 2007 and effective from 1 August 2008. A comprehensive revision took effect …
EU Antitrust Law
Treaty Framework EU competition law derives from the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) . Article 101 TFEU prohibits anticompetitive agreements, decisions by associations of …
French Antitrust Law
Statutory Framework French competition law is codified in Book IV of the Code de commerce (Articles L. 420-1 to L. 464-13). The principal enforcement authority is the Autorité de la concurrence …
German Antitrust Law
Statutory Framework German competition law is codified in the Gesetz gegen Wettbewerbsbeschränkungen (GWB) —the Act Against Restraints of Competition—first enacted in 1957 and regularly amended. The …
Russian Antitrust Law
Statutory Framework Russian competition law is codified in Federal Law No. 135-FZ “On Protection of Competition” (the Competition Law), adopted on 26 July 2006. The law regulates …
UK Antitrust Law
Statutory Framework UK competition law is principally governed by the Competition Act 1998 and the Enterprise Act 2002. The Competition Act reproduces the substance of EU Articles 101 and 102 TFEU …
US Antitrust Law
Statutory Framework US antitrust law rests on three core federal statutes. The Sherman Act of 1890 prohibits contracts, combinations, and conspiracies in restraint of trade (§1) and monopolization, …