Oregon. Practice Text
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 Tim Nord, Assistant Attorney in Charge, and
Michael A Kakuk, Assistant Attorney General, Oregon Department of Justice, for his
review of this chapter.
The Section of Antitrust Law 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., Milo Petranovich, Esq.,
and Drew Lianopoulos, 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 Not to Compete ............................................................... 5
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 .............................................................................. 8
5.a.
Generally ........................................................................................... 8
5.b.
Monsanto Rule .................................................................................. 9
5.c.
Impact of Leegin ............................................................................... 9
6.
Nonprice Vertical Restraints–Intrabrand ....................................................... 9
7.
Nonprice Vertical Restraints–Interbrand ....................................................... 9
8.
Tying Arrangements ...................................................................................... 9
9.
Dual Distribution ......................................................................................... 10
10.
Intracorporate Conspiracy............................................................................ 10
11.
Monopolization ............................................................................................ 10
11.a.
Monopolization ............................................................................... 11
11.b.
Attempts to Monopolize .................................................................. 12
11.c.
Monopoly Leveraging ..................................................................... 12
11.d.
Predatory Pricing ............................................................................. 12
11.e.
Conspiracy to Monopolize .............................................................. 13
12.
Mergers ........................................................................................................ 13
13.
Discrimination & Other Single Firm Pricing Regulation ............................ 14
13.a.
Price Discrimination ....................................................................... 14
13.a.1.
Territorial or Locality Discrimination ......................... 18
13.a.2.
Buyer Liability ............................................................ 18
13.a.3.
Meeting Competition Defense .................................... 19
13.a.6.
Other Defenses and Exemptions ................................. 19
13.a.7.
Brokerage .................................................................... 20
13.a.8.
Secret Payments or Allowances .................................. 21
13.a.9.
Promotional Allowances or Services .......................... 21
13.a.10.
Sales Below Cost and Loss Leaders............................ 21
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