Sec. 508. Civil fines for knowing violations of the antitrust laws
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Section 4 of the Clayton Act ( 15 U.S.C. 15 ), is amended by inserting after subsection (d), as added by section 507 of this Act, the following: In this subsection, the term covered antitrust laws means any provision of the antitrust laws, other than section 7 of this Act. In an action brought by the Assistant Attorney General in an appropriate district court of the United States, the court may impose a civil fine against any person who engaged in a knowing violation of any provision of the covered antitrust laws. The maximum amount of a civil fine imposed on a person under subparagraph
(A)shall be 15 percent of the total of the gross income of the person from the line of business at issue during each year during which the person engaged in the violation. A civil fine under paragraph
(2)shall be in addition to any damages awarded or other remedy imposed in connection with the violation of the provision of the covered antitrust laws. .
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