The New Sherman-Clayton-Norris-LaGuardia Act

Accrediting and the Sherman Act.

The Relevant Product Market After Brown Shoe: A Framework of Analysis for Clayton and Sherman Act Cases

On the Origins of the Sherman Antitrust Act

This year is the 100th anniversary of one of the most famous (or infamous depending on perspective) statutes in U.S. history: the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890. This law banned business arrangements in restraint of trade (Section 1) and prohibited attempts to monopolize (Section 2). While much emphasis in this centennial year will be placed on the law’s application, the origin and intent of the...

Physician advertising: the first amendment and the Sherman Act.

In Bates v. State Bar of Arizona,' the Supreme Court held that a state's prohibition of advertising by attorneys was unconstitutional as applied to a newspaper advertisement setting forth fees for certain routine legal services. Bates is necessarily the foundation upon which one must base any judgment regarding the legality of restraints upon physicians' advertising. Restraints on advertising p...

Brown Shoe: Judicial Reaffirmance of Traditional Clayton Act Standards