: of, relating to, or being legislation against or opposition to trusts or combinations
specifically
: consisting of laws to protect trade and commerce from unlawful restraints and monopolies or unfair business practices
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The plaintiffs were seeking $7 billion in damages for the period between 2011 and 2022, and those are tripled in antitrust cases.
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Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
Without cash on the table, what is left is the possibility of injunctions that would stop Disney from engaging in such antitrust violations in the future.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 25 June 2024
As federal courts, federal agencies and now Congress weigh whether college athletes are employees, and as the NCAA plans to settle antitrust litigation by adopting a pay-for-play model, workers’ compensation laws lurk on the sidelines.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 17 June 2024
And because antitrust and privacy law have been blurring into each other in recent years—regulators have realized that market-dominating companies maintain their positions partly through the accumulation of data—this tactic arguably manages to fall foul of both the GDPR and the DMA.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 June 2024
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Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
Without cash on the table, what is left is the possibility of injunctions that would stop Disney from engaging in such antitrust violations in the future.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 25 June 2024
As federal courts, federal agencies and now Congress weigh whether college athletes are employees, and as the NCAA plans to settle antitrust litigation by adopting a pay-for-play model, workers’ compensation laws lurk on the sidelines.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 17 June 2024
And because antitrust and privacy law have been blurring into each other in recent years—regulators have realized that market-dominating companies maintain their positions partly through the accumulation of data—this tactic arguably manages to fall foul of both the GDPR and the DMA.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 June 2024
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“Antitrust.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antitrust. Accessed 6 Jul. 2024.
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antitrust
adjective
an·ti·trust
ˌan-tē-ˈtrəst, ˌan-ˌtī- 
: of, relating to, or being legislation against or opposition to business trusts or combinations
specifically
: consisting of laws to protect trade and commerce from unlawful restraints and monopolies or unfair business practices see also Clayton Antitrust Act and Sherman Antitrust Act
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