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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1311. Definitions
For the purposes of this chapter -
(a) The term "antitrust law" includes:
(1) Each provision of law defined as one of the antitrust
laws by section 12 of this title; and
(2) Any statute enacted on and after September 19, 1962, by
the Congress which prohibits, or makes available to the United
States in any court of the United States any civil remedy with
respect to any restraint upon or monopolization of interstate
or foreign trade or commerce;
(b) The term "antitrust order" means any final order, decree,
or judgment of any court of the United States, duly entered in
any case or proceeding arising under any antitrust law;
(c) The term "antitrust investigation" means any inquiry
conducted by any antitrust investigator for the purpose of
ascertaining whether any person is or has been engaged in any
antitrust violation or in any activities in preparation for a
merger, acquisition, joint venture, or similar transaction,
which, if consummated, may result in an antitrust violation;
(d) The term "antitrust violation" means any act or omission in
violation of any antitrust law, any antitrust order or, with
respect to the International Antitrust Enforcement Assistance Act
of 1994 [15 U.S.C. 6201 et seq.], any of the foreign antitrust
laws;
(e) The term "antitrust investigator" means any attorney or
investigator employed by the Department of Justice who is charged
with the duty of enforcing or carrying into effect any antitrust
law;
(f) The term "person" means any natural person, partnership,
corporation, association, or other legal entity, including any
person acting under color or authority of State law;
(g) The term "documentary material" includes the original or
any copy of any book, record, report, memorandum, paper,
communication, tabulation, chart, or other document, and any
product of discovery;
(h) The term "custodian" means the custodian or any deputy
custodian designated under section 1313(a) of this title;
(i) The term "product of discovery" includes without limitation
the original or duplicate of any deposition, interrogatory,
document, thing, result of the inspection of land or other
property, examination, or admission obtained by any method of
discovery in any judicial litigation or in any administrative
litigation of an adversarial nature; any digest, analysis,
selection, compilation, or any derivation thereof; and any index
or manner of access thereto; and
(j) The term "agent" includes any person retained by the
Department of Justice in connection with the enforcement of the
antitrust laws.
(k) The term "foreign antitrust laws" has the meaning given
such term in section 12 of the International Antitrust
Enforcement Assistance Act of 1994 [15 U.S.C. 6211].
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