Updated: October 06 2006
Antitrust Division, (DOJ)
For over six decades, the mission of the Antitrust Division has been to promote and protect the competitive process — and the American economy — through the enforcement of the antitrust laws. The antitrust laws apply to virtually all industries and to every level of business, including manufacturing, transportation, distribution, and marketing. They prohibit a variety of practices that restrain trade, such as price-fixing conspiracies, corporate mergers likely to reduce the competitive vigor of particular markets, and predatory acts designed to achieve or maintain monopoly power.
This page provides an overview of the mission and goals of the Antitrust Division.
Related pages:
* Brochure: Antitrust Enforcement and the Consumer
* Antitrust Division Organization Chart
* Antitrust Division Sections and Offices
* Timeline of Antitrust Enforcement Highlights
* PDF version of timeline (in color)
* HTML version of timeline (with descriptions of images)
Primary Address
Antitrust Division, (DOJ)
Department of Justice
Washington, DC 20530
Phone: (202) 514-2481
Web: http://www.usdoj.gov/atr
Region(s) Served
- National