Clayton Antitrust Act

noun

1. an act of Congress in 1914 supplementing the Sherman Antitrust Act and establishing the FTC.

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In her letter to Khan, Warren cited Section 7 of the Clayton Antitrust Act as barring mergers for which the outcome “may be substantially to lessen competition, or to tend to create a monopoly.”

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The Clayton Antitrust Act, passed in 1914, defines unethical business practices like forming monopolies and colluding to fix prices.

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During his first term, he signed the Clayton Antitrust Act and created the Federal Trade Commission.

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The speech set the stage for four pieces of legislation — the Underwood Tariff, the Federal Reserve Act, the Clayton Antitrust Act and the establishment of the Federal Trade Commission — that Wilson helped to pass over the next 18 months by bringing his bully pulpit to Capitol Hill.

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In 1914, with the passage of the Clayton Antitrust Act unions finally got a legal foothold so that they could set the stage for the major economic improvements they secured for several generations of Americans.

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