The defendants were accused of violating the Sherman Act and Clayton Act antitrust laws by conspiring to eliminate competition for labor, depriving workers of job mobility and hundreds of millions of dollars of compensation.

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The Clayton Anti-trust Act of 1914 forbids a person to be on a board of two rival firms at once if it reduces competition between them.

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The Department of Justice should have no objections based on Clayton Act to Microsoft killing Nook.

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