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Bookmark or Share- FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly PowerThe Federal Trade Commission and 17 state attorneys general today sued Amazon.com, Inc. alleging that the online retail and technology company is a monopolist that uses a set of interlocking anticompetitive and unfair strategies to illegally maintain its monopoly power.
- Merger Review - Federal Trade CommissionAmong the key provisions in U.S. antitrust law is one designed to prevent anticompetitive mergers or acquisitions. Under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, the FTC and the Department of Justice review most of the proposed transactions that affect commerce in the United States and are over a certain size, and either agency can take legal action to block ...
- The Antitrust Laws - Federal Trade CommissionHere is an overview of the three core federal antitrust laws. The Sherman Act outlaws "every contract, combination, or conspiracy in restraint of trade," and any "monopolization, attempted monopolization, or conspiracy or combination to monopolize."
- Report an Antitrust Violation - Federal Trade CommissionTo file a report about fraud, scams, and bad business practices, visit ReportFraud.ftc.gov. If you have a question or comment about an antitrust issue, or to report a possible antitrust violation or potential anticompetitive activity, please reach out to the Bureau of Competition via .
- The Enforcers - Federal Trade CommissionBoth the FTC and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division enforce the federal antitrust laws. In some respects their authorities overlap, but in practice the two agencies complement each other.
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