: 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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Peter Zay | Anadolu | Getty Images Similar to her cost-cutting plans for the food industry, Harris’ health-care policy relies in part on stiffer regulations and strict antitrust enforcement.
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Kevin Breuninger,christina Wilkie, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2024
Masterson wants a court order that would bar the NCAA from applying the rule and for a jury to award money damages, which under antitrust law could be trebled.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 Aug. 2024
Jonathan Kanter, the DOJ’s aggressive antitrust chief, has been arguing for many years that the only way to address Google’s alleged violations is to break it up—a stance that did not hinder his appointment as assistant attorney general for antitrust in late 2021.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2024
Apple's move to open up its contactless system broadly—to developers in the US, UK, Canada, Japan, and other countries—follows its settlement this summer with the European Commission as part of an antitrust action.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 14 Aug. 2024
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Kevin Breuninger,christina Wilkie, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2024
Masterson wants a court order that would bar the NCAA from applying the rule and for a jury to award money damages, which under antitrust law could be trebled.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 Aug. 2024
Jonathan Kanter, the DOJ’s aggressive antitrust chief, has been arguing for many years that the only way to address Google’s alleged violations is to break it up—a stance that did not hinder his appointment as assistant attorney general for antitrust in late 2021.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2024
Apple's move to open up its contactless system broadly—to developers in the US, UK, Canada, Japan, and other countries—follows its settlement this summer with the European Commission as part of an antitrust action.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 14 Aug. 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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