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Yes but those are just about the only things which you can't get away with. The US has very weak consumer protection laws in general.



Collusion. Retail price maintenance. Dividing territories. Exclusive dealing.

These are all anti-competitive behavior that will get one smacked by Federal regulators without being a monopoly.


Can you link to specific examples of companies being found guilty of those things, where the company was not a monopoly, or part of an oligopoly?




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