anti-competitive - Legal English Dictionary
Dictionary

anti-competitive

practices which prevent or reduce competition in a market The court ruled that the price-fixing agreement was anti-competitive behavior

Phrase Bank

  • anti-competitive agreements
  • anti-competitive behaviour
  • anti-competitive concentrations
  • anti-competitive conduct
  • anti-competitive practices

Additional Notes

  • competition law is the body of law which addresses protecting markets from monopolies, restraints on trade, price fixing and price discrimination. In the United States, competition law is called antitrust law: She is an experienced competition law practioner.
  • unfair competition is, broadly speaking, the practice of substituting one's own goods or services for those of a party with an established reputation without amounting to actual counterfeiting or trade mark infringement.
  • A non-competition clause, non-compete clause or covenant not to compete is a promise by an employee not to compete with his or her employer for a specified time in a particular place. A covenant not to compete, which is also known as a non-competition agreement, may be a clause in an employment agreement or a separate contract: The court found that the non-competition clause in the employee's contract was valid.