Florida. Practice Text
Chapter 11
for the
STATE OF FLORIDA
Updated and Revised by
Edward Soto, Esq.
Edward McCarthy, Esq.
Brian D’Amico, Esq.
Diana Widjaya, Esq.
Marc Weinroth, Esq.
Lauren Alexander, Esq.
Erica Rutner, Esq.
Elizabeth Velez, Esq.
Lara Bueso Bach, Esq.
Melody Akhavan, Esq.
Corey Berman, Esq.
Pravin Patel, Esq.
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Miami, FL
The Section of Antitrust Law gratefully acknowledges Eric N. Assouline, Esq., Allen
S. Blaustein, Esq., Paul Bravo, Esq., Richard DiCicca, Robert L. Ciotti, Esq., Patricia
A. Conners, Esq., Theo J. Karaphillis, Esq., Lizabeth Leeds, Esq., Jillian E. Marcus,
Esq., David E. Mullin, Esq., Robert Clayton Roesch, Esq., Robert R. Vawter, Jr.,
Esq., Sylvia H. Walbolt, Esq., Michael P. Woodbury, Esq., and Allen Yancy, 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 ..................................... 5
3.a.Price Fixing ....................................................................................... 5
3.b.Market Allocation ............................................................................. 5
3.c.Customer Allocation ......................................................................... 5
3.d.Bid Rigging ....................................................................................... 5
3.e.Covenants Not to Compete ............................................................... 6
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 ............................................................................... 9
5.a.Generally ........................................................................................... 9
5.b.Monsanto Rule .................................................................................. 9
5.c.Impact of Leegin ............................................................................... 9
6.Nonprice Vertical Restraints–Intrabrand ...................................................... 10
7.Nonprice Vertical Restraints–Interbrand ...................................................... 10
8.Tying Arrangements ..................................................................................... 11
9.Dual Distribution .......................................................................................... 11
10.Intracorporate Conspiracy............................................................................. 12
11.Monopolization ............................................................................................. 13
11.a.Monopolization ............................................................................... 13
11.b.Attempts to Monopolize .................................................................. 14
11.c.Monopoly Leveraging ..................................................................... 14
11.d.Predatory Pricing ............................................................................. 14
11.e.Conspiracy to Monopolize .............................................................. 14
12.Mergers ......................................................................................................... 15
13.Discrimination & Other Single Firm Pricing ................................................ 16
13.a.Price Discrimination Regulation ..................................................... 16
13.a.1.Territorial or Locality Discrimination ......................... 16
13.a.2.Buyer Liability ............................................................ 17
13.a.3.Meeting Competition Defense .................................... 17
13.a.4.Functional Classifications ........................................... 17
13.a.5.Preemption .................................................................. 17
13.a.6.Other Defenses and Exemptions ................................. 17
13.a.7.Brokerage .................................................................... 17
13.a.8.Secret Payments or Allowances .................................. 17
13.a.9.Promotional Allowances and Services ........................ 17
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