Hawaii. Practice Text

Chapter 14

for the

STATE OF HAWAII

Updated and Revised by

Lisa Woods Munger, Esq.

Lisa A. Bail, Esq.

Patrick D. Collins, Esq.

Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel

Honolulu, Hawaii

The Section gratefully acknowledges Vernon F. L. Char, Esq., Emily Reber Porter, Esq.,

Martin J. Thompson, Esq., and Alicia G. Huffman, Esq. for their work on this chapter in

prior editions.

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CONTENTS

1.Introduction.................................................................................................... 1

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

1.c.History ............................................................................................... 1

1.d.Relation to Federal Law .................................................................... 2

1.e.Remedies ........................................................................................... 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

4.Group Boycotts .............................................................................................. 5

4.a.Concerted Refusals to Deal ............................................................... 5

4.b.Expulsion or Exclusion from Membership in Trade

Associations or Other Groups ........................................................... 6

5.Resale Price Maintenance .............................................................................. 6

5.a.Generally ........................................................................................... 6

5.b.Monsanto Rule .................................................................................. 7

5.c.Impact of Leegin ............................................................................... 7

6.Nonprice Vertical Restraints–Intrabrand ....................................................... 8

7.Nonprice Vertical Restraints–Interbrand ....................................................... 8

8.Tying Arrangements ...................................................................................... 8

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

10.Intracorporate Conspiracy ............................................................................ 10

11.Monopolization ............................................................................................ 11

11.d.Predatory Pricing ............................................................................. 15

12.Mergers ........................................................................................................ 15

13.Discrimination & Other Single Firm Pricing Regulation ............................. 17

13.a.Price Discrimination ........................................................................ 17

13.a.1.Territorial or Locality Discrimination ......................... 17

13.a.2.Buyer Liability ............................................................ 17

13.a.3.Meeting Competition Defense .................................... 17

13.a.6.Other Defenses and Exemptions ................................. 18

13.a.7.Brokerage .................................................................... 18

13.a.8.Secret Payments or Allowances .................................. 18

13.a.10.Sales Below Cost and Loss Leaders ............................ 18

14.Exemptions and Defenses to Antitrust Liability .......................................... 19

14.a.Statutory Exemptions and Defenses ................................................ 19

14.a.3.Filed Rate Doctrine ..................................................... 19

14.a.4.Statute of Limitations .................................................. 19

14.a.6.Labor ........................................................................... 20

14.a.7.Insurance ..................................................................... 20

14.a.8.Agriculture .................................................................. 22

14.a.23.Miscellaneous ............................................................. 22