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I've heard this story from several foreigners in Japan:

> I hired Japanese Company A for a service. I didn't like Japanese Company A,
> so I went to Japanese Company B in the same industry and tried to hire them
> instead. Japanese Company B refused to do business with me because I was
> already a client of Japanese Company A.

  1. What is the name for this practice in Japanese? Is it called 企業連合?
  2. Is this legal in Japan? Is there some kind of law which prohibits this practice? What is the law called? Is it called 独占禁止法?

_EDIT_

To be clear, this is a question about Japanese vocabulary. If I can get an
answer about the vocabulary, then I can research the law. If anyone has any
links to articles on this subject, that would be very helpful.
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Cartel, syndicate, anti-competitive practice
I don't have any specialist knowledge on this but over and above telling you
that

企業連合 is a cartel,

独占禁止法 is the anti-monopolies law

I can suggest how I studied a business topic recently:

There must be lots of articles on the web in English on your chosen topic so
that should give you the background but I should also expect there are
pamphlets put out by the government and business agencies (eg METI, MOJ,
Keidanren, FSA) available on their websites. There is probably at least one
comprehensive document available in English and Japanese. The English will
give you the "official" Japanese translations, the Japanese version will give
you the terminology/vocabulary your looking for.

There is also an EJ/JE dictionary of Legal terms:

<http://www.amazon.co.jp>/英和・和英-法律・会計・税務用語辞典-アイエスエス/dp/4872900510

And, if you want the laws themselves, the MOJ have a web site which provides
translations of many: <http://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/?re=02>
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