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What Is The Sherman Act Monopolies
The United States Department of Justice pursues cases dealing with many aspects of the United States law system. One portion that they deal with is violations with the Antitrust laws. Anti trust laws were established to help the consumers and create competition, which create lower prices for products and services (Department of Justice, 2017 ). One of the three Antitrust Acts, the Sherman Act outlaws monopolies. There are currently two cases the Justice Department is working with that deal with monopolies, AMC’s acquisition of Carmike Cinemas and Foreign Exchange Dealers coming together to commit a Conspiracy. Both cases are interesting and have everything to do with anticompetitive behaviors leading to taking over a market.
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