U.S. weighs in on global reach of antitrust laws

(July 15, 2014) -- Responding to a recent request by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit for the government’s views on the potential impact of applying the Sherman Act to conduct in foreign countries – an application that has drawn protests from several foreign governments – the Justice Department recently filed an amicus brief supporting the extraterritorial reach of the antitrust statute....

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