Under the state-action doctrine, also known as the Parker doctrine, the federal antitrust laws do not apply to the acts of the sovereign states.
Law360, New York (July 03, 2012, 12:32 PM ET) -- Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in Federal Trade Commission v. Phoebe Putney Health Systems to consider whether a state statute can immunize otherwise anti-competitive mergers from antitrust inquiry. Another case making its way through the court system could also have wide-ranging implications for the future of antitrust enforcement, in cases that arguably implicate state conduct.
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