Exclusionary Conduct (Monopolization)
This section organizes monopolization doctrine, focusing on market power, exclusionary conduct, attempted monopolization, and related restraints that can maintain or create monopoly power.
Contents
- Power + Conduct Framework
- Market definition
- Non-price exclusion
- Refusals to deal
- Predatory pricing
- Predatory bidding
- Attempted monopolization
- Remedies
- Tying
- Exclusive dealing
- Conditional pricing practices
- Anti-steering/most-favored nation clauses
- Exclusion continuum
- Concerted refusals to deal
Place in the Framework
Monopolization doctrine asks whether a firm has monopoly power and whether it acquired, maintained, or attempted to acquire that power through exclusionary conduct rather than competition on the merits.
Working Notes
Use this landing page to connect the general Section 2 framework to particular exclusionary practices and remedies.