skip navigation   Antitrust Exemption A legal privilege
protecting a group of people, businesses, or organizations from
antitrust liability. The exemption allows covered entities to
engage in practices that may otherwise violate antitrust laws.
When such exemptions are granted, they often involve industries
where cooperation (either among private businesses or between
the private and public sector) is favored over the competition
fostered by antitrust laws. However, the exemptions are often
limited to particular methods, or limited to facilitate
particular aims among the parties. Examples of antitrust
exemptions have included monopoly rights for patent holders, the
activities of labor unions, and the activities of insurers
(other than health insurers) regulated by state laws.
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insurance where a group or association—with membership at times
limited to certain trades—endorses, negotiates, or self-insures
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