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.
Maine 22-iii
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 ........................................................ 4
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 ....................................................................................... 8
3.e.
Covenants Not to Compete ............................................................... 8
4.
Group Boycotts ............................................................................................... 9
4.a.
Concerted Refusals to Deal ............................................................... 9
4.b.
Expulsion or Exclusion from Membership in Trade
Associations or Other Groups ......................................................... 10
5.
Resale Price Maintenance ............................................................................. 10
5.a.
Generally ......................................................................................... 10
6.
Nonprice Vertical Restraints–Intrabrand ...................................................... 11
7.
Nonprice Vertical Restraints–Interbrand ...................................................... 11
8.
Tying Arrangements ..................................................................................... 11
9.
Dual Distribution .......................................................................................... 12
10.
Intracorporate Conspiracy............................................................................. 12
11.
Monopolization ............................................................................................. 12
11.a.
Monopolization ............................................................................... 12
11.b.
Attempts to Monopolize .................................................................. 13
11.d.
Predatory Pricing ............................................................................. 14
12.
Mergers ......................................................................................................... 14
13.
Discrimination & Other Single Firm Pricing Regulation ............................. 18
13.a.
Price Discrimination ....................................................................... 18
13.b.
Price Gouging and Minimum Pricing Statutes ................................ 18
13.c.
Specific Industry Rules ................................................................... 19
13.c.1.
Alcohol and Beverages ................................................ 19
13.c.3.
Dairy ............................................................................ 19
13.c.4.
Fuel and Petroleum ...................................................... 19
13.c.6.
Insurance ...................................................................... 19
13.c.7.
Public Utilities ............................................................. 19
14.
Exemptions and Defenses to Antitrust Liability ........................................... 20
14.a.
Statutory Exemptions and Defenses ................................................ 20
14.a.1.
State Action .................................................................. 20
14.a.4.
Statute of Limitations ................................................... 20
14.a.8.
Agriculture ................................................................... 20
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