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A group boycott is when two or more companies agree to stop doing business with another company to try and harm them. This is against the law because it can give the boycotting companies too much power and hurt competition. It's like when a group of kids decide not to play with another kid because they don't like them. It's not fair and can be mean.
Definition: A group boycott is a concerted refusal to do business with a party to express disapproval of that party's practices. It can also refer to a refusal to deal in one transaction in an effort to obtain terms desired in a second transaction. Under the Sherman Antitrust Act, even peaceful persuasion of a person to refrain from dealing with another can amount to a boycott.
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These examples illustrate how a group boycott can be used to express disapproval of a party's practices or to gain market power by destroying or coercing rivals. However, group boycotts can violate the Sherman Antitrust Act and are analyzed under either the per se rule or the rule of reason, depending on the nature of the boycott.