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Definition of anticompetitive
: tending to reduce or discourage competition
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Songkick's long-running lawsuit against the ticketing giant alleges antitrust violations, anticompetitive behavior and intentional interference with smaller firms.
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The real question perhaps is how Google will do business in a world where its massive scale is seen increasingly as anticompetitive by regulators and critics.
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AT&T's history of going back on its public promises and engaging in anticompetitive behavior demonstrates that the company cannot be relied on to abide by any commitments made in furtherance of its proposal.
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Whether it’s brick-and-mortar restaurants fighting to outlaw food trucks, or taxicab associations suing Uber and Lyft, examples abound for this type of anticompetitive lobbying.
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Many of those lawyers have been at the department for years and would almost certainly oppose the combination as anticompetitive, said two people familiar with the division’s thinking.
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Cigna Corp. can walk away from its merger with Anthem Inc., a Delaware judge ruled almost three months after another court blocked the deal as anticompetitive.
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The company hopes to work out a deal with federal prosecutors to drop their objections to the combination or to get the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn court rulings blocking it as anticompetitive.
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That would mean federal court rulings based on the government’s anticompetitive concerns would no longer block the deal from proceeding.
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First Known Use of anticompetitive
1854
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