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The Antitrust Laws And The Corporate Executive's Civil Damage Liability, Joseph R. Manning

Vanderbilt Law Review

It will be the purpose of this note to examine the executive's potential civil liability for damages resulting from his violations of the federal antitrust laws. First, there is the injury to the persons against whom his unlawful conduct was directed. They may desire compensation for their injuries, as well as treble damages in a suit authorized by section 4 of the Clayton Act.' Also, the executive may cause injury to his corporation by subjecting it to fines, damages,and litigation expenses. This presents the question: whether a shareholder may bring a derivative suit against the executive for these damages to …

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Determining The "Line Of Commerce" Under Section Seven Of The Clayton Act, William H. Barr

Vanderbilt Law Review

A provision of the antitrust statutes currently receiving a great deal of publicity is the anti-merger section of the Clayton Act-section 7. The statute prohibits the acquisition by one corporation of stock or assets of another corporation, "where in any line of commerce in any section of the country, the effect of such acquisition may be substantially to lessen competition, or to tend to create a monopoly." It is designed to eliminate the merger as a means to amassing monopoly power by prohibiting at its incipiency the lessening of competition or the creation of monopoly power through merger. A finding …