Title 15, Commerce and TradeRelease 119-102
§24 Liability of Directors and Agents of Corporation
Title 15 › CHAPTER 1 — MONOPOLIES AND COMBINATIONS IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE › § 24
Summary
When a corporation breaks the criminal parts of the antitrust laws, any director, officer, or agent who authorized, ordered, or took part in those acts is also treated as having committed the same offense. That offense is a misdemeanor, and on conviction the person can be fined up to $5,000, jailed for up to one year, or both, as the court decides.
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Title 15, §24
Commerce and Trade, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Whenever a corporation shall violate any of the penal provisions of the antitrust laws, such violation shall be deemed to be also that of the individual directors, officers, or agents of such corporation who shall have authorized, ordered, or done any of the acts constituting in whole or in part such violation, and such violation shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and upon conviction therefor of any such director, officer, or agent he shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding $5,000 or by imprisonment for not exceeding one year, or by both, in the discretion of the court.
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The antitrust laws, referred to in text, are defined in section 12 of this title.
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15 U.S.C. § 24
Title 15, Commerce and Trade
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102