FleetCor and Antitrust

• Antitrust is legislation in the U.S. that controls trusts and monopolies, promoting fair competition in business. 
• Antitrust cases are legal actions that are brought against parties that are charged for limiting free competition. 
• In 2019, FleeCor was accused of leveraging exclusive dealings and arrangements to dominate the fleet card markets and truck stock payment systems.
• This is related to antitrust since FleetCor was accused of trying to limit competition.
• The suit was filed in an Alabama court by a truck stop and a competing payment company. 
• FleetCor gained dominance of Comdata, its subsidiary through the barring of its POS systems from processing fleet cards belonging to competitors.
• It also blocked the processing of Comdata's cards by rival payment systems. 

Summary of Early Findings

• The initial research focused on identifying what antitrust is and one illustration of how FleetCor has been connected to antitrust due to its mergers and acquisitions.