Antitrust and Associations Handbook
- Publisher:
- American Bar Association
- Publication date:
- 2009-01-01
- ISBN:
- 978-1-60442-392-1
Description:
The Section of Antitrust Law of the American Bar Association presents the Antitrust and Associations Handbook. This Handbook updates and expands substantially the Section’s antitrust practice guide, published in 1996, entitled Antitrust & Trade Associations: How Trade Regulation Laws Apply to Trade and Professional Associations.
Index
- Preliminary sections
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- Overview of Antitrust Statutes and Government Enforcement Regimes that Affect Associations
- Analysis of Trade and Professional Association Horizontal Restraints Under Section 1 of the Sherman Act
- Liability and Penalties for Antitrust Violations
- Membership Criteria and Availability of Association Benefits to Nonmembers
- Information Collection and Dissemination
- Associations and Immunity for Government-Related Activities
- Codes of Ethics and Advertising Restrictions
- Standards-Development Organizations
- Other Types of Competitor Collaborations
- Handling Investigations and Litigation
- Antitrust Compliance For Associations
- Appendix 1: Sample Association Document Retention Guidelines
- Appendix 2: Sample Association Antitrust Compliance Policy
- Appendix 3: Association Antitrust Reminders and Meeting Guidelines
- Table of Cases