New Mexico

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Chapter 34

for the

STATE OF NEW MEXICO

Updated and Revised by

John R. Cooney, Esq.

Zachary L. McCormick, Esq.

Adam H. Greenwood, Esq.

Modrall, Sperling, Roehl, Harris & Sisk, PA

Albuquerque, New Mexico

The Section of Antitrust Law thanks Deyonna Young, Assistant Attorney General,

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

The Section gratefully acknowledges Jeffery S. Dennis, Esq., Marshall G. Martin,

Esq., and Wade L. Woodard, Esq. for their work on this chapter in prior editions.

New Mexico 34-iii

CONTENTS

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

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

1.b. Source of Law–Statutes and Others..................................................1

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

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

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

1.f. Enforcement......................................................................................4

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

3. Horizontal Agreements Other Than Group Boycotts .................................... 5

3.a. Price Fixing .......................................................................................5

3.b. Market Allocation .............................................................................6

3.c. Customer Allocation .........................................................................6

3.d. Bid Rigging.......................................................................................6

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 ...........................................................9

5. Resale Price Maintenance.............................................................................. 9

5.a. Generally...........................................................................................9

5.b. Monsanto Rule................................................................................10

5.c. Impact of Leegin .............................................................................10

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

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

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

9. Dual Distribution ......................................................................................... 13

10. Intracorporate Conspiracy............................................................................ 13

11. Monopolization............................................................................................ 13

11.a. Monopolization...............................................................................13

11.b. Attempted Monopolization .............................................................14

11.c. Monopoly Leveraging..................................................................... 15

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

11.e. Conspiracy to Monopolize ..............................................................15

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

13. Discrimination & Other Single Firm Pricing Regulation ............................ 15

13.a. Price Discrimination .......................................................................15

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

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

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

13.a.4. Functional Classifications............................................ 18

13.a.5. Preemption................................................................... 18

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

13.a.7. Brokerage..................................................................... 19

13.a.8. Secret Payments or Allowances................................... 19