Antitrust

United States Code

The United States Code is the codification by subject matter of the laws of the United States.  It is divided into fifty subject titles. There have been five major antitrust codifications. The current antitrust statutes can be found in Title 15 (Commerce and Trade) of the US. Code.

Major Antitrust Codifications  

• The Sherman Antitrust Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1–7
• The Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914, 15 U.S.C. §§ 12–27
• The Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 41-58
• The Robinson-Patman Act of 1913, 15 U.S.C. § 13
• Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act, 15 U.S.C. § 18(a)
• FTC-administered statutes

Antitrust statutes may also be accessed on Westlaw (Westlaw password required) and Lexis (Lexis password required).

United States Statutes at Large
The Statutes at Large is the permanent collection of all laws and resolutions enacted during each session of Congress, prepared and published by the Office of the Federal Register. Laws are published in order of the date of their enactment. 

The Statutes at Large can be accessed through the following resources:

• Statutes at Large: Law Core (1789-current)
• GovInfo: Statutes at Large (1951-current)
• HeinOnline: Statutes at Large (1789-current, available on campus or remotely with ASURITE)
• ProQuest Congressional: Statutes at Large (1789-current, available on campus or remotely with ASURITE)
• United States Code Congressional and Administrative News in print (1952-2020)

Federal antitrust claims are heard exclusively in federal court.

Bloomberg Law (Bloomberg Law password required)
The research database provides a list of the most recent federal antitrust cases (Bloomberg password required).

Federal Trade Commission
The FTC publishes its list of recent cases and proceedings. 

Department of Justice
The DOJ publishes its recent list of antitrust case filings. 

Code of Federal Regulations
The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is the codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the federal government.  Current Federal Trade Commission regulations are found in Title 16 and the Department of Justice antitrust regulations in Title 28 of the CFR.

The CFR can be accessed through the following resources:

• Official CFR - Govinfo.gov (1996-current) 
• Unofficial but most current CFR - e-CFR.gov (current)  
• Westlaw (current, Westlaw password required) 
• Lexis (current, Lexis password required)