Monopoly At "Antitrust laws, or competition laws, were created to protect consumers against unfair business activities. These laws make sure that there is a fair amount of competition in order to prevent price fixing and exploitation by monopolies and oligopolies. If a major corporation makes a deal to merge, it may be subject to examination from the government. In many cases, the deal must be altered in order to be approved." For this week's DB identify a big merger that came up against antitrust laws in the last 2 years, read about the case and the outcome and summarize it in your post. Your post should include : . The names of the firms in the proposed merger . The industry . The outcome of the case; was the merger allowed or denied, summarize the reasons given by the government . If the case is ongoing briefly state the issues of concern raised by the government . the link to the article you referred to Do not post on a case that has already been discussed by other students. This DB allows you to see what others have posted before you post. You can access information on mergers and cases by going to the US Department of Justice (https://www.justice.gov/atr) on the left hand side click on the 'Antitrust case filings" tab. To find a civil merger case, click on "filter and sort", You can scroll down and select a case that is a " Civil Merger"