definitions
Federal administrative agencies are created to carry out general policies specified by Congress.
What is administrative law?
federal law requiring agencies to make public disclosure of proposed rules, passed rules, and activities.
What is Federal Register Act?
a federal statute prohibiting combinations and contracts in restraint of interstate trade, now generally inapplicable to labor union activity.
What is a sherman act?
Monopolies and combinations that restrain trade are prohibited under
what is federal antitrust laws
a government body charged with administering and implementing legislation
What is an administrative agency?
The Federal Register Act requires that proposed administrative regulations be published in
What is the Federal Register?
a federal law that prohibits price discrimination.
What is a clayton Act?
judicial figure who hears administrative agency actions
what is administrative law judge (ALJ)?
Before an agency can begin rulemaking proceedings, it must be given jurisdiction by congressional enactment in the form of a statute
What is the Congressional Enabling Act?
a federal statute designed to eliminate price discrimination in interstate commerce.
What is the Robinson-Patman Act?
order issued by a court or administrative agency to stop a practice that it decides is improper
What is a cease-and-desist order?
requires that all proposed rules be published in the trade journals of those trades that will be affected by the proposed rules
What is The Regulatory Flexibility Act?
the ability to control price and exclude competitors
What is market power?
requirement that an agency make its final decision before the parties can go to court
Explain the exhaustion of administrative remedies.
the publication of the proposed rules, the public has the opportunity to provide input on the proposed rules
What is a Public Comment Period?
Three times the damages actually sustained.
What are Treble Damages?