(Mutual Fund Prospectus Comparable Information Requirements)
The federal Clayton Act contains prohibitions against various specific anti-competitive practices and is designed to supplement the broad prohibitions of the Sherman Act against anti-competitive agreements and monopolization. Section 2 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C.S. § 13, as amended by the Robinson-Patman Act, specifically prohibits discrimination in the price of commodities or in commissions, allowances, services, or facilities if such discrimination is anti-competitive.
A company that decides to sell its shares to the public normally must file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Before the company may sell the shares, the staff of the Commission must declare the registration statement effective. The basic registration form (Form S-1) includes two parts, including part one, a prospectus or selling document, and part two, additional information required by the Commission that is publicly available but does not have to be provided to investors.
The Safe Drinking Water Act provides protection for whistleblower-employees who file claiims under the statute.
The Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004, signed into law on June 22, 2004, as part of H.R. 1086, increased penalties for violations of the Sherman Act while increasing incentives for participation in the leniency program of the U.S. Department of Justice.
