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Competition Law (Sherman Act)
The US Sherman Act (1890) outlaws cartels and monopolisation and becomes the template for competition law worldwide.
Open in the interactive tree →Passed as railway, oil and steel trusts concentrated power, it was used to break up Standard Oil (1911) and later AT&T. The EU's competition rules of 1957 and today's rules for digital gatekeepers follow the same logic.
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- Platform Regulation (DMA/DSA)2023-2026The Digital Markets Act applies competition-law logic to digital gatekeepers