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The '''Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914''' ({{USStatute|63|212|38|730|1914|10|15}}, codified at {{usc|15|12|27}}, {{usc|29|52|53}}), is a part of [[United States antitrust law]] with the goal of adding further substance to the U.S. antitrust law regime; the Clayton Act seeks to prevent anticompetitive practices in their [[wiktionary:incipience|incipiency]]. That regime started with the [[Sherman Antitrust Act]] of 1890, the first Federal law outlawing practices that were harmful to consumers (monopolies, cartels, and trusts). The Clayton Act specified particular prohibited conduct, the three-level enforcement scheme, the exemptions, and the remedial measures. Like the Sherman Act, much of the substance of the Clayton Act has been developed and animated by the [[Federal judiciary of the United States|U.S. courts]], particularly the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]].