: 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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Last year, the Justice Department filed a landmark antitrust lawsuit against Apple targeting its alleged monopoly over the smartphone market and practices meant to keep consumers dependent on iPhones while preventing them from switching to rival devices.
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Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025
The Stallions were one of the most popular teams during the USFL’s three-season run 40 years ago, before the league lost an antitrust lawsuit against the NFL that doomed it.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 6 Mar. 2025
In January 2023, the Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit accusing Google of illegally monopolizing the ad-tech market.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
These questions cannot be determined on motions to dismiss in this action, where Plaintiffs have sufficiently alleged one or more plausible antitrust claims against Defendants within the applicable period of limitations.
—Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
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Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025
The Stallions were one of the most popular teams during the USFL’s three-season run 40 years ago, before the league lost an antitrust lawsuit against the NFL that doomed it.
—Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 6 Mar. 2025
In January 2023, the Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit accusing Google of illegally monopolizing the ad-tech market.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
These questions cannot be determined on motions to dismiss in this action, where Plaintiffs have sufficiently alleged one or more plausible antitrust claims against Defendants within the applicable period of limitations.
—Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
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“Antitrust.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antitrust. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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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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