Free and open competition benefits consumers by ensuring lower prices and new and better products, while rewarding businesses that attract consumers by offering the highest quality or most innovative products at the best prices.  State and federal antitrust laws protect both consumers and honest competitors by preventing businesses from engaging in anti-competitive practices such as price fixing, customer allocation, and monopolistic business business practices.

Price fixing occurs when two or more competing sellers agree on what prices to charge, such as by agreeing that they will increase prices a certain amount or that they won't sell below a certain price. Customer-allocation agreements involve an arrangement between competitors to split up customers, often by geographic area, to reduce or eliminate competition.  Monopolies that result from business practices that suppress competition -- as opposed to superior products or services -- are likewise illegal.

Sacks & Weston represents businesses and consumers who have been harmed by anti-competitive business practices.  If you believe your business has been harmed by such practices, contact us using the form below, or call 800-578-5300, to discuss your business's legal rights. There is no cost or obligation for such inquiries, and any information you provide will be held in strictest confidence.