Maine. Practice Text

Chapter 22

for the

STATE OF MAINE

Updated and Revised by

Ronald W. Schneider, Jr. Esq.

Bernstein Shur

Portland, Maine

The Section of Antitrust Law thanks Christina M. Moylan, Assistant Attorney

General, Maine Attorney General’s Office, for her review of this chapter.

The Section gratefully acknowledges John M. R. Paterson, Esq., 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.

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

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1.a.

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Overview ........................................................................................... 1

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1.b.

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Source of Law–Statutes and Other .................................................... 2

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1.c.

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History ............................................................................................... 2

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1.d.

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Relation to Federal Law .................................................................... 2

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1.e.

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Remedies ........................................................................................... 3

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1.f.

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Enforcement ...................................................................................... 3

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2.

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The Per Se Rule and the Rule of Reason ........................................................ 4

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3.

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

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3.a.

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Price Fixing ....................................................................................... 4

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3.b.

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Market Allocation ............................................................................. 6

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3.c.

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Customer Allocation ......................................................................... 7

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3.d.

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Bid Rigging ....................................................................................... 8

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3.e.

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Covenants Not to Compete ............................................................... 8

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4.

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Group Boycotts ............................................................................................... 9

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4.a.

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Concerted Refusals to Deal ............................................................... 9

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4.b.

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Expulsion or Exclusion from Membership in Trade

Associations or Other Groups ......................................................... 10

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5.

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

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5.a.

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Generally ......................................................................................... 10

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6.

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Nonprice Vertical Restraints–Intrabrand ...................................................... 11

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7.

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Nonprice Vertical Restraints–Interbrand ...................................................... 11

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8.

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Tying Arrangements ..................................................................................... 11

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9.

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Dual Distribution .......................................................................................... 12

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10.

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Intracorporate Conspiracy............................................................................. 12

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11.

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Monopolization ............................................................................................. 12

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11.a.

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Monopolization ............................................................................... 12

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11.b.

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Attempts to Monopolize .................................................................. 13

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11.d.

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Predatory Pricing ............................................................................. 14

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12.

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Mergers ......................................................................................................... 14

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13.

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Discrimination & Other Single Firm Pricing Regulation ............................. 18

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13.a.

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Price Discrimination ....................................................................... 18

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13.b.

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Price Gouging and Minimum Pricing Statutes ................................ 18

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13.c.

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Specific Industry Rules ................................................................... 19

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13.c.1.

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Alcohol and Beverages ................................................ 19

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13.c.3.

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Dairy ............................................................................ 19

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13.c.4.

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Fuel and Petroleum ...................................................... 19

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13.c.6.

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Insurance ...................................................................... 19

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13.c.7.

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Public Utilities ............................................................. 19

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14.

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Exemptions and Defenses to Antitrust Liability ........................................... 20

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14.a.

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Statutory Exemptions and Defenses ................................................ 20

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14.a.1.

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State Action .................................................................. 20

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14.a.4.

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Statute of Limitations ................................................... 20

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14.a.8.

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Agriculture ................................................................... 20

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