Monopolies and United States Antitrust Policy

This paper will discuss Monopolies and the United States Anittrust and policies. More specifically, the case regarding Johnson & Johnson will be explained as it relates to the said topics.

In the Untied States, we put forth laws to see that large corporations do not violate our economical freedom. In the case of Johnson & Johnson, which has cases that date back to 1998, we see that by Johnson & Johnson creating a monopoly, they violated our economical freedom. By limiting their product availability to consumers, people had a hard time purchasing by mail or pharmaceutical. This made a large monopoly in the world of eye wear. We see now with the antitrust legislation in place that the United States is trying to stop monopolization, one corporation at a time.

Promoting healthy eye services in the Unites States is an important issue for all Americans. More than 10% of the American population purchases contact lenses. They experienced first hand the effects of antitrust policies that were broken and sought financial compensation. Antitrust legislation is defined as laws that restrict the formation o

now understand how our government is working for our people and not against our people.

In the California’s case against Johnson & Johnson, court’s settled in the consumer’s favor in violation of the antitrust laws. The violation stemmed from the illegal agreement consumer’s had a difficult time buying replacement lenses through the mail or from pharmacies. Johnson & Johnson denies participating in the alleged agreement. Nonetheless Californians who purchased these products from Bausch & Lomb’s and CIBA are eligible for the settlement. The courts approved that the retail prices were too high and most consumer’s who purchased replacement lenses are eligible under the settlement to receive benefits. Californians who purchased contact lenses any time since January 1, 1998 will receive rebates under the proposed settlement. Some brands that were included in this lawsuit include were Acuvue, SeeQuence, Focus, and NuVues. The proposed settlement agrees to pay out $30 million dollars of rebates to the consumer’s. After a long litigation Attorney General John J. Farmer, Jr., announced, “Most purchasers of disposable contact lenses could receive cash rebates on future lens purchases and eye exams under a settlement with Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Inc., which received preliminary approval by a federal court in Florida today” (Criminal Justice News). They were ordered to pay a maximum of $60 million to consumer’s nationwide.

There are many downfalls with pure monopolies. I feel like the rich get richer and the poor stay poor. It has been argued by critics that monopolistic competition involves waste due to little output of firms. I feel that resources are not being wasted as much as in a pure monopoly where they hold output to make product’s scare and in high demand. There are still varieties and choices on the marketplace, which we end up paying a higher price for this op

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