Florida

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Chapter 11

for the

STATE OF FLORIDA

Updated and Revised by

Edward Soto, Esq.

Allen S. Blaustein, Esq.

Robert Clayton Roesch, Esq.

Paul Bravo, Esq.

Diana Widjaya, Esq.

Allen Yancy, Esq.

Marc A. Weinroth, Esq.

Richard A. DeCicca, Esq.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Miami, FL

The Section of Antitrust Law gratefully acknowledges Eric N. Assouline, Esq.,

Robert L. Ciotti, Esq., Patricia A. Conners, Esq., Theo J. Karaphillis, Esq., Lizabeth

Leeds, Esq., Jillian E. Marcus, Esq., David E. Mullin, Esq., Robert R. Vawter, Jr.,

Esq., Sylvia H. Walbolt, Esq., and Michael P. Woodbury, Esq. for their work on this

chapter in prior editions.

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CONTENTS

1. Introduction ................................................................................................... 1

1.a. Overview.......................................................................................... 1

1.b. Source of Law–Statutes and Other................................................... 1

1.d. Relation to Federal Law................................................................... 1

1.e. Remedies.......................................................................................... 2

1.f. Enforcement ..................................................................................... 2

2. The Per Se Rule and the Rule of Reason ....................................................... 3

3. Horizontal Agreements Other Than Group Boycotts .................................... 4

3.a. Price Fixing...................................................................................... 4

3.b. Market Allocation ............................................................................ 5

3.c. Customer Allocation ........................................................................ 5

3.d. Bid Rigging...................................................................................... 5

3.e. Covenants Not to Compete .............................................................. 5

4. Group Boycotts.............................................................................................. 7

4.a. Concerted Refusals to Deal.............................................................. 7

4.b. Expulsion or Exclusion from Membership in Trade

Associations or Other Groups .......................................................... 8

5. Resale Price Maintenance.............................................................................. 8

5.a. Generally.......................................................................................... 8

5.b. Monsanto Rule ................................................................................. 8

5.c. Impact of Leegin .............................................................................. 8

6. Nonprice Vertical Restraints–Intrabrand....................................................... 9

7. Nonprice Vertical Restraints–Interbrand....................................................... 9

8. Tying Arrangements .................................................................................... 10

9. Dual Distribution ......................................................................................... 10

10. Intracorporate Conspiracy............................................................................ 11

11. Monopolization............................................................................................ 12

11.a. Monopolization.............................................................................. 12

11.b. Attempts to Monopolize................................................................. 12

11.c. Monopoly Leveraging.................................................................... 12

11.d. Predatory Pricing............................................................................ 13

11.e. Conspiracy to Monopolize ............................................................. 13

12. Mergers........................................................................................................ 13

13. Discrimination & Other Single Firm Pricing............................................... 14

13.a. Price Discrimination Regulation.................................................... 14

13.a.1. Territorial or Locality Discrimination......................... 14

13.a.2. Buyer Liability ............................................................ 15

13.a.3. Meeting Competition Defense .................................... 15

13.a.4. Functional Classifications ........................................... 15

13.a.5. P reemption .................................................................. 15

13.a.6. O ther Defenses and Exemptions................................. 15

13.a.7. Brokerage .................................................................... 15

13.a.8. Secret P ayments or Allowances.................................. 15

13.a.9. P romotional Allowances and Services........................ 15