Oregon

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Chapter 40

for the

STATE OF OREGON

Updated and Revised by

Richard G. Price, Esq.

Philip S. Van Der Weele, Esq.

K&L Gates LLP

Portland, Oregon

The Section of Antitrust Law thanks Drew Lianopoulos, Assistant Attorney General,

Oregon Department of Justice, for his review of this chapter.

The Section gratefully acknowledges David S. Aman, Esq., Andrew E. Aubertine,

Esq., Craig D. Bachman, Esq., Thomas A. Balmer, Esq., Michael E. Busch, Esq.,

Tanya A. Durkee, Esq., Rochelle Fandel, Esq., and Milo Petranovich, 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....................................................1

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

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

1.e. Remedies...........................................................................................2

1.f. Enforcement......................................................................................2

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

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

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

3.b.Market Allocation .............................................................................4

3.c.Customer Allocation .........................................................................4

3.d.Bid Rigging.......................................................................................4

3.e.Covenants Notto Compete ...............................................................4

4.Group Boycotts.............................................................................................. 6

4.a.Concerted Refusals to Deal ...............................................................6

4.b.Expulsion or Exclusion from Membership in Trade

Associations or Other Groups ...........................................................7

5.Resale Price Maintenance.............................................................................. 7

5.a. Generally...........................................................................................7

5.b. Monsanto Rule..................................................................................8

5.c.Impact of Leegin ...............................................................................8

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

7.Nonprice Vertical Restraints–Interbrand....................................................... 9

8.Tying Arrangements ...................................................................................... 9

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

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

11.Monopolization............................................................................................ 10

11.a. Monopolization...............................................................................10

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

11.c.Monopoly Leveraging..................................................................... 12

11.d.Predatory Pricing.............................................................................12

11.e.Conspiracy to Monopolize ..............................................................12

12.Mergers........................................................................................................ 12

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

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

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

13.a.2.Buyer Liability .............................................................. 18

13.a.3.Meeting Competition Defense...................................... 18

13.a.6.Other Defenses and Exemptions ................................... 19

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

13.a.8.Secret Payments or Allowances.................................... 20

13.a.9.Promotional Allowances or Services ............................ 20

13.a.10.Sales Below Cost and Loss Leaders.............................. 21