The Tunney Act, officially known as the Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act (Pub. L. 93–528, 88 Stat. 1708, enacted December 21, 1974, 15 U.S.C. § 16), is antitrust legislation passed in the United States in 1974.

Submitted by John V. Tunney, the law has as its main point the court review Justice Department decisions regarding mergers and acquisitions.[1] It has been referred to in the AT&T actions with regards to SBC and BellSouth,[2] along with the acquisition of Sprint by T-Mobile proposed in 2018.[3]

References

  1. ^ Burton, Thomas M. (June 6, 2019). "Federal Judge Wraps Up Hearings Into CVS-Aetna Deal". The Wall Street Journal.
  2. ^ Labaton, Stephen (July 8, 2006). "Judge Looks Into Modifying Terms of 2 Phone Mergers". The New York Times.
  3. ^ "Notice of Antitrust Division of Proposed Final Judgement and Competitive Impact Statement". Federal Register. Aug 12, 2019.


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