FDA Moves Forward With Marijuana-Based Drug To Fight Childhood Epilepsy. The Food and Drug Administration has granted orphan drug designation for a cannabis-based drug developed to treat childhood-onset epilepsy, GW Pharmaceuticals announced last week.
The Sherman Antitrust makes monopoly power illegal. Under the Sherman Act monopoly power is considered the ability of a business to control a price within its relevant product market or its geographic market or to exclude a competitor from doing business within its relevant product market or geographic market.he FTC is one of the enforcement arms of the Sherman Antitrust Act. The FTC has administrative rule making and enforcement authority. Administrative law judges frequent issue opinions, similar to court opinions, regarding what is considered monopoly power under the Sherman Act.
In response to these monopolies, cartels, and trusts, Congress passed two major pieces of legislation: The Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Act. The Sherman Antitrust Act. Passed in 1890, the Sherman Antitrust Act was the first major legislation passed to address oppressive business practices associated with cartels and oppressive monopolies. The Sherman Antitrust Act is a federal law prohibiting any contract, trust, or conspiracy in restraint of interstate or foreign trade. Even though the title of the act refers to trusts, the Sherman Antitrust Act actually has a much broader scope. It provides that no person shall monopolize, attempt to monopolize or conspire with another to monopolize interstate or foreign trade or commerce, regardless of the type of business entity. Penalties for violating the act can range from civil to criminal penalties; an individual violating these laws may be jailed for up to three years and fined up to $350,000 per violation.