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Collusion

United States

Sherman Antitrust Act
Clayton Antitrust Act
Robinson-Patman Act
Federal Trade Commission Act
Merger guidelines
Essential facilities doctrine
Noerr-Pennington doctrine
Rule of reason

Europe

European Community
competition law
Irish Competition Law
Competition Act 1998 (U.K.)

Australia

Trade Practices Act 1974

Enforcement authorities and organizations

International Competition Network
List of competition regulators

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Collusion is an agreement, usually secretive, which occurs between two or more persons to deceive, mislead, or defraud others of legal rights, or to obtain an objective forbidden by law typically involving fraud or gaining an unfair advantage and can involve "wage fixing, kickbacks, or misrepresenting the independence of the relationship between the colluding parties."[1] All acts affected by collusion are considered void.[2]

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