Courts Narrow McCarran-Ferguson Antitrust Exemption for "Business of Insurance" : Viability of "State Action" Doctrine as an Alternative.

Discusses insurance industry exemption from Federal antitrust law under the McCarran-Ferguson Act of 1945, and reviews judicial interpretations of exemption, including 2003 Supreme Court decision which narrowed the McCarran-Ferguson antitrust exemption. Reviews possible implications of legislation i...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2007.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Antitrust law. Judge-made law. Insurance. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Discusses insurance industry exemption from Federal antitrust law under the McCarran-Ferguson Act of 1945, and reviews judicial interpretations of exemption, including 2003 Supreme Court decision which narrowed the McCarran-Ferguson antitrust exemption. Reviews possible implications of legislation in the 109th Congress concerning the Act, and examines State action doctrine and its relevance to McCarran immunity.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.