Any person injured in business or property by an antitrust violation may recover threefold damages, costs, and reasonable attorney fees. Antitrust injury and standing requirements limit who may sue.
Personal injury does not qualify.
Alternative Names:
Section 4|Private Antitrust Remedy
Why it Matters?
Mandatory trebling plus fee shifting transforms case economics, since a modest overcharge becomes a substantial claim and defense costs are asymmetric, which drives settlement dynamics independent of merit. Associated General Contractors factors limit remote plaintiffs, considering directness of injury, speculativeness of damages, risk of duplicative recovery, and complexity of apportionment. Those factors are a productive standing defense against derivative claimants.
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