Maine

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Chapter 22

for the

STATE OF MAINE

Updated and Revised by

John M. R. Paterson, Esq.

Ron W. Schneider, Esq.

Bernstein Shur

Portland, Maine

The Section of Antitrust Law thanks Francis Ackerman, Assistant Attorney General,

and Christine Moylan, Assistant Attorney General, Maine AttorneyGeneral’s Office,

for their review of this chapter.

The Section gratefully acknowledges Darren Z. Sharpe, Esq., Stephen A. Stack, Jr.,

Esq., and Elroy H. Wolff, 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................................................... 2

1.c. History.............................................................................................. 2

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

1.e. Remedies.......................................................................................... 3

1.f. Enforcement ..................................................................................... 3

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 ............................................................................ 6

3.c. Customer Allocation ........................................................................ 7

3.d. Bid Rigging...................................................................................... 7

3.e. Covenants Not to Compete .............................................................. 8

4. Group Boycotts.............................................................................................. 8

4.a. Concerted Refusals to Deal.............................................................. 8

4.b. Expulsion or Exclusion from Membership in Trade

Associations or Other Groups .......................................................... 9

5. Resale Price Maintenance............................................................................ 10

5.a. Generally........................................................................................ 10

6. Nonprice Vertical Restraints–Intrabrand..................................................... 10

7. Nonprice Vertical Restraints–Interbrand..................................................... 10

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

9. Dual Distribution ......................................................................................... 11

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

11. Monopolization............................................................................................ 11

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

11.b. Attempts to Monopolize................................................................. 13

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

12. Mergers........................................................................................................ 14

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

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

13.b. Price Gouging and MinimumPricing Statutes............................... 17

13.c. Specific Industry Rules .................................................................. 18

13.c.1. A lcohol and Beverages ............................................... 18

13.c.3. D airy........................................................................... 18

13.c.4. Fuel and Petroleum ..................................................... 18

13.c.6. Insurance ..................................................................... 18

13.c.7. Public Utilities ............................................................ 18

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

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

14.a.1. State Action................................................................. 19

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

14.a.8. A griculture .................................................................. 19