Beckman had indeed contacted Branson to see if he could advise him on the taking of anti-trust action, but the offer had not been taken up.
This system began to unravel in the 1970s due largely to the activism of players' unions, and the threat of anti-trust legal actions.
However, this was soon thwarted due to an anti-trust action by the US Department of Justice.
They have a real monopoly and they are, of course, outside the reach of any anti-trust action.
It was a monopoly, and "liable to anti-trust action under the Sherman Act."
The matter generated an anti-trust action after which Watson left to set up IBM.
Their policy would involve vigorous anti-trust action.
Stone & Webster sold the company in 1934 as the result of diminishing profits and anti-trust action brought by the federal government.
The Hercules site gained independence from Dupont as a result of federal anti-trust action in 1912.
Scripps held the paper until 1968 when it was forced to sell after the government successfully brought an anti-trust action.