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group boycott

group boycott : an agreed-upon refusal by competitors to deal with another business unless it refrains from dealing with a potential competitor trying to enter the market ...

Candidate [fr. Candidatus, Lat., clothed in white], a competitor, one who solicits or proposes himself for a place or office. The name is derived from the toga candida in which competitors at Rome were habited. In the (English) Corrupt Practices Acts the expression has a specially extensive meaning. Corrupt and Illegal practices (English) Prevention Act, 1883, s. 63, by which, with a saving for a person nominated without his consent-In the Corrupt Practices Prevention Acts, as amended by this Act, the expression 'candidate at an election' and the expression 'candidate' respectively mean, unless the context otherwise requires, any person, elected to serve in Parliament at such election, and any person who is nominated as a candidate at such election, or is declared by himself or by others to be a candidate on or after the day of the issue of the writ for such election, or after the dissolution or vacancy in consequence of which such writ has been issued.Making certain false statements a...

boycott

boycott : to engage in a concerted refusal to have dealings with (as a store, business, or organization) usually to express disapproval or to force acceptance of certain conditions see also primary boycott, secondary boycott NOTE: A boycott of a business by its competitors, suppliers, or buyers that has the effect of preventing the business's access to the market is a violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act. boycott n ...

federal trade commission (ftc)

federal trade commission (ftc) The agency of the federal government that seeks to promote free and fair competition in interstate commerce through prevention of trade restraints such as price-fixing agreements, false advertising, illegal combinations of competitors and other unfair methods of competition. Source: FindLaw ...

horizontal agreement

horizontal agreement : an agreement among economic competitors on the same level of production or distribution compare vertical agreement NOTE: Horizontal agreements are generally considered illegal as violating antitrust laws. ...

horizontal price-fixing

horizontal price-fixing : a generally illegal arrangement among competitors to charge the same price for an item compare vertical price-fixing ...

horizontal restraint

horizontal restraint : a restraint of trade involving an agreement among competitors at the same distribution level for the purpose of minimizing competition ...

predatory

predatory : inclined or intended to injure competitors by unfair means [subject to antitrust liability for conduct "National Law Journal"] [ bidding] ...

unfair competition

unfair competition : the common-law tort of passing off one's goods as another's ;broadly : any of various torts (as disparagement) that interfere with the business prospects of a competitor or injure consumers ...

vertical agreement

vertical agreement : an agreement among economic competitors on different levels of production or distribution that affects competition compare horizontal agreement NOTE: Unlike horizontal agreements, vertical agreements are not considered illegal per se under antitrust laws, but they must withstand judicial scrutiny to be held valid. ...

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