Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2017
Journal Title
SMU Annual Texas Survey
Abstract
Consumer welfare is the common concern of antitrust laws and the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices—Consumer Protection Act (DTPA). Antitrust, however, is primarily addressed to the misuse of market power to harm consumers, while the DTPA focuses on consumer harm brought about through deception.2 Antitrust laws and the DTPA, therefore, are best viewed as focusing on complementary aspects of consumer welfare.
This article covers significant developments under the federal and Texas antitrust laws and the DTPA during the Survey period—December 1, 2015 through November 30, 2016.
First Page
15
Last Page
33
Num Pages
19
Publisher
Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law
Recommended Citation
Leslie S. Hyman & Matthew J. McGowan,
Antitrust and Consumer Protection,
3
SMU Ann. Tex. Surv.
15
(2017).
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https://scholarship.law.tamu.edu/student-scholarship/19