ANTITRUST POLICY see also Monopolies

Analyses

Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act (S. 572), 3792 [19FE]

Motor Fuel Sales Competition Improvement Act (S. 1111), 10352 [29AP]

Articles and editorials

Heading Off Antitrust With Smart Research, 9278 [22AP]

Law That Boosts Insurance Costs, 17363 [24JN]

State Attorneys General Set Guidelines Meant To Slow Pace of Major Takeovers, 6696 [24MR]

Bills and resolutions

Airline Competition Act: enact (see S. 806)

Airlines: treatment of employees in case of mergers (see H.R. 1101)

Alcoholic beverages: trademarked malt beverage products distribution licenses (see S. 567)

Antitrust Damages Clarification Act: enact (see S. 808)

Bell System: reemployment rights for persons affected by divestiture (see H.R. 2828)

Business: mergers and corporate tender offers (see S. 634)

Consent decree judgments (see S. 772)

Corporations: takeovers (see S. 78)

Enforcement (see S. 1407, 1962)

Foreign trade: define industry in antidumping and countervailing duty investigations in agricultural products (see S. 399)

Insurance: exemption (see S. 80; H.R. 2277)

———limit Federal antitrust exemption (see H.R. 3749)

———repeal exemptions (see H.R. 2727)

Insurance Competition Act: enact (see S. 804)

Insurance Competition Improvement Act: enact (see S. 1299)

Intellectual property: modify application of antitrust laws (see H.R. 557)

Intellectual Property Antitrust Protection Act: enact (see S. 438)

Monopolies: mergers (see S. 432)

———partnerships (see S. 431)

Motor Fuel Sales Competition Improvement Act: enact (see S. 1111)

National Football League: Dept. of Justice study of telecasting (see S. Res. 291)

Power resources: independent natural gas producer cooperatives (see H.R. 310)

Securities: extend waiting periods and expand applicability of notification requirement of Clayton Act (see H.R. 586)

Sports: make antitrust laws applicable to certain baseball teams (see H.R. 2687)

Television: exempt certain activities from provisions of antitrust laws (see S. 844)

Hearings

Committee on the Judiciary (House): antitrust exemptions in insurance (testimony), D280 [23AP]

———antitrust procedure amendments (H.R. 586) (testimony), D202 [26MR]

———Freedom From Vertical Price Fixing Act (H.R. 585), D230 [2AP]

———Intellectual Property Antitrust Protection Act (H.R. 557) (testimony), D306 [30AP]

Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): corporate takeovers (testimony), D227 [2AP]

———pre-merger reporting requirements (testimony from Malcolm R. Pfunder), D92 [26FE]

———pre-merger reporting requirements (testimony from Patricia Bailey, Terry Calvani, Andrew Strenio, Leroy S. Zimmerman, Robert M. Langer, Mark Crane, and Frederick S. Myers), D92 [26FE]

———repeal exemption of insurance business from Federal antitrust laws (S. 80) (testimony from Daniel Oliver, Charles F. Rule, James M. Shannon, Charles G. Brown, Jeffrey J. Teitz, David Levinson, Donald Halperin, J. Robert Hunter, F.J. O'Neill, and Brad Mitchell, John Motley, John Satagaj, Edward Muhl, Leslie W. Seldin, Mark F. Horning, Robert S. Seiler, John Washburn and Mark N. Cooper), D64 [18FE]

Letters

Copyright: John R. Bolton, 12489 [14MY]

Robert H. Bork on antitrust law: James T. Halverson and others, 28927 [22OC]

Lists

Supporters of repealing the insurance industry's antitrust exemption under McCarran-Ferguson, 16808 [19JN]

Memorials of legislature

Virginia, 9736 [24AP]

Remarks in House

Aeronautics: fair treatment of employees in mergers (H.R. 1101), 16894 [22JN]

Alcoholic beverages: territorial limitations on distribution of malt beverages (H.R. 1145), 3509 [19FE]

AT&T: consent decree, 18114 [29JN]

Bell System: reemployment rights for persons affected by divestiture (H.R. 2828), 19133 [9JY]

Dept. of Justice: extend period for evaluation of impact of mergers (H.R. 586), 1084 [8JA]

FTC: extend period for evaluation of impact of mergers (H.R. 586), 1084 [8JA]

Insurance: exemptions (H.R. 2277), 11134 [5MY]

———limit Federal antitrust exemption (H.R. 3749), 35069, 35070 [11DE]

———repeal exemptions (H.R. 2727), 16807 [19JN], 17363 [24JN]

Intellectual Property Antitrust Protection Act: enact (H.R. 557), 1066 [8JA]

Malt Beverage Interbrand Competition Act: enact (H.R. 1145), 3509 [19FE]

Mergers: extend period for evaluation of impact (H.R. 586), 1106 [8JA]

Natural gas: antitrust exemption for independent producers (H.R. 310), 876 [7JA]

———independent producer cooperatives (H.R. 310), 5232 [10MR]

Price fixing: establish evidentiary standards for Federal claims based on resale (H.R. 585), 1080 [8JA]

Railroads: application, 2668 [3FE]

Sports: make antitrust laws applicable to certain baseball teams (H.R. 2687), 16089 [15JN]

States: attorneys general, 6695 [24MR]

Remarks in Senate

Airline Competition Act: enact (S. 806), 6492 [20MR]

———enact (S. 806), order for star print, 6637 [24MR]

Antitrust Damages Clarification Act: enact (S. 808), 6493 [20MR]

AT&T: waiver requests filed by Bell regional operating companies as mandated by divestiture, 35243 [11DE]

Business: mergers and corporate tender offers (S. 634), 4603-4606 [3MR]

Copyrights: intellectual property rights (S. 635), 4608 [3MR], 9277 [22AP], 12487 [14MY]

Corporations: mergers (S. 432), 2451 [2FE]

———partnerships (S. 431), 2450 [2FE]

Enforcement: strengthen (S. 1407), 17015 [23JN]

———strengthen (S. 1962), 36201 [18DE]

Insurance: exemption from antitrust laws (S. 80), 540-542 [6JA]

Insurance Competition Act: enact (S. 804), 6491, 6492 [20MR]

Insurance Competition Improvement Act: enact (S. 1299), 14146 [29MY]

Malt Beverage Interbrand Competition Act: enact (S. 567), 3772, 3773 [19FE]

Motor Fuel Sales Competition Improvement Act: enact (S. 1111), 10351 [29AP]

National Football League: Dept. of Justice study of telecasting (S. Res. 291), 25637 [29SE]

Television: exempt certain activities from provisions of antitrust laws (S. 844), 6895 [25MR]

Reports

Insurance and Antitrust Laws: National Commission for the Review of Antitrust Laws and Procedures (1979), 14146 [29MY]

Nomination of Robert H. Bork to Supreme Court: Committee on the Judiciary, 28861, 28863 [22OC]

Reports filed

Airline Competition Act: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 806) (S. Rept. 100-61), 14145 [29MY]

Evidentiary Standards for Federal Civil Antitrust Claims Based on Resale Price Fixing: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 585) (H. Rept. 100-421), 30911 [4NO]

Interlocking Directorates and Officers: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 1068) (S. Rept. 100-89), 17570 [25JN]

Mergers: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 432) (S. Rept. 100-115), 20240 [17JY]

Partnerships Antitrust Policy: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 431) (S. Rept. 100-88), 17570 [25JN]

Statements

Exemption of Insurance Business From Antitrust Laws, 541 [6JA]

Insurance and Antitrust Laws: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 14146 [29MY]

Summaries

Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act (S. 572), 3790 [19FE]

NAAG Horizontal Merger Guidelines, 6696-6704 [24MR]

Texts of

H.R. 557, Intellectual Property Antitrust Protection Act, 1067 [8JA]

H.R. 1101, fair treatment of airline employees in airline mergers, 16894 [22JN]

H.R. 2687, make antitrust laws applicable to certain baseball teams, 16089 [15JN]

S. 80, repeal insurance exemption from antitrust laws, 542 [6JA]

S. 431, application to partnerships, 2451 [2FE]

S. 432, mergers, 2452 [2FE]

S. 567, Malt Beverage Interbrand Competition Act, 3773 [19FE]

S. 572, Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act, 3789 [19FE]

S. 634, mergers and corporate tender offers, 4606-4608 [3MR]

S. 806, Airline Competition Act, 6493 [20MR]

S. 808, Antitrust Damages Clarification Act, 6494 [20MR]

S. 1111, Motor Fuel Sales Competition Improvement Act, 10352 [29AP]

S. 1299, Insurance Competition Improvement Act, 14148 [29MY]

S. 1962, enforcement of antitrust policy, 36201 [18DE]