Contents

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Contents

Foreword................................................................................................ viii

Preface ..................................................................................................... ix

Introduction............................................................................................ xiii

CHAPTER I ............................................................................................1

The Evolving Role of Business Torts in Antitrust Litigation.............. 1

A. Introduction....................................................................................... 1

B. The Antiquated Pick-Barth Doctrine ................................................ 2

C. The Decline of Pick-Barth and the Requirement of Competitive

Injury................................................................................................. 4

D. The Additional Requirement of “Antitrust Injury”........................... 9

CHAPTER II......................................................................................... 13

Application of Antitrust Principles to Business Tort Claims............ 13

A. Introduction..................................................................................... 13

B. The Competitive Privilege ..............................................................13

C. The Noerr-Pennington Doctrine .....................................................23

D. The Intracorporate Conspiracy Rule ...............................................35

E. Discovery Issues .............................................................................38

F. Evidentiary Issues ...........................................................................40

CHAPTER III .......................................................................................47

Federal Law of Unfair Competition.................................................... 47

A. Introduction..................................................................................... 47

B. Section 43(a) of the Lanham Act ....................................................49

C. Section 5 of the FTC Act ................................................................ 78

CHAPTER IV ....................................................................................... 85

Commercial Disparagement and Defamation ....................................85

A. Introduction..................................................................................... 85

B. Commercial Disparagement and Defamation Distinguished ..........86

C. Defamation...................................................................................... 87

D. Commercial Disparagement............................................................ 94