Clayton+Antitrust+Act+-+1914


 * The** **Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914, ([|October 15], [|1914], ch. 323, 38 [|Stat.] 730, codified at [|15 U.S.C.] [|§ 12]–[|27], [|29 U.S.C.] [|§ 52]–[|53] ), was enacted in the [|United States] to add further substance to the U.S. [|antitrust] law regime by seeking to prevent anticompetitive practices in their incipiency. That regime started with the [|Sherman Antitrust Act] of 1890, the first Federal law outlawing practices considered harmful to consumers (monopolies and cartels). The Clayton act specified particular prohibited conduct, the three-level enforcement scheme, exemptions, and remedial measures.**

basically a better version of Sherman Antitrust Act


 * Textbook Glossary:** Law that clarified and strengthened the Sherman Antitrust Act by clearly defining what a monopoly and a trust was.