Foreign travel agents cannot bring antitrust claims against airlines in the United States for allegedly conspiring to fix and reduce the commissions because the antitrust laws were designed to regulate only conduct that affects the economy of the United States, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
“That certain activities might have taken place in the United States is irrelevant if the economic consequences are not felt in the United States economy,” U.S. Circuit Judge Anthony J. Scirica wrote in Turicentro S.A. v. American Airlines et al.
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