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Vertical integration through internal expansion is not a cause of action under the Sherman Antitrust Act nor the Clayton Antitrust Act. Even vertical integration through merger isn’t an antitrust issue per se.

I can’t think of any abusive act that prevents competition, I do see them not going out of their way to facilitate competition with themselves, but they have no positive obligation to do so.



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