The SEC does not enforce the antitrust laws. Do you mean the DOJ? If you are going to take unsubstantiated potshots at government agencies you would sound mor

The SEC does not enforce the antitrust laws. Do you mean the DOJ? If you are going to take unsubstantiated potshots at government agencies you would sound more credible if you at least picked the right agencies. * * * On the substantive question here, I agree that small businesses already band together to lobby the government for special treatment. It's not an antitrust violation to ask the government for things, even if you couldn't get together and do those things directly: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noerr%E2%80%93Pennington_doctrine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noerr%E2%80%93Pennington_doctr....