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Monopsony And Backward Integration: Section 2 Violations In The Buyer's Market, Susan E. Foster, C.P.A.
Monopsony And Backward Integration: Section 2 Violations In The Buyer's Market, Susan E. Foster, C.P.A.
Seattle University Law Review
This Comment will focus on the application of section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act to actions in the buyer's market. After briefly reviewing general antitrust law, this Comment will explore the status of antitrust claims in the buyer's market under both section 1 and section 2. The necessary elements of a section 2 monopsony claim will then be reviewed with particular emphasis on the types of buyer activities that might support a seller's claim under this section. As will be shown, the anticompetitive effect of these activities provides the major distinction between actions in the buyer's and seller's market. …