Antitrust--Talking with the Competition (Update Available)


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Target Audience
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Overview/Description
Collaboration is an agreement to engage in some form of economic activity with another party. In modern markets, competitors may decide to collaborate for a number of reasons. These include funding innovation projects, sharing marketing or distribution costs, or implementing best practices in production or services. Collaborating with a competitor can help your company to cut costs and deliver a better priced, quality product to the consumer. Collaborations can be procompetitive or anticompetitive. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") have issued Antitrust Guidelines for Collaborations Among Competitors. This course explains competitor collaborations and outlines these guidelines and how they are applied. SkillSoft's Legal Compliance courses are developed and maintained with subject matter support provided by the Labor, Employment, and Employee Benefits Law Group of the law firm of Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green PA

Target Audience
All employees, especially those involved in sales

Expected Duration (hours)
1.0

Lesson Objectives

Collaborating with Competitors

  • identify the main characteristics of competitor collaboration.
  • recognize the benefits of collaborating with a competitor.
  • identify features of antitrust laws.
  • identify the main procompetitive benefits of competitor collaborations.
  • recognize potentially anticompetitive collaborations.

    • Agreements and Safety Zones

  • distinguish between per se and rule of reason analysis.
  • identify the factors the Agencies consider when evaluating the nature of a relevant agreement between collaborating companies.
  • recognize examples of potentially anticompetitive competitor collaborations.
  • identify factors the Agencies consider when evaluating the markets affected by an agreement.
  • apply antitrust guidelines to a given scenario.
  • recognize the benefits of safety zones when collaborating with a competitor.
  • identify examples of antitrust safety zones.

    • Course Number:
    LCO0102