Suggestions for compliance

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Robinson-Patman Primer

limitations period begins to r un when a defendant

commits an act that injures a plainti ff’s business.

IX. SUGGESTIONS FOR COMPLIANCE

Robinson-Patman compliance will often begin

by working with your legal counsel to ensure that the

people most likely to be exposed to price discrimina-

tion issues are able to spot potential issues when they

arise, and seek the appropriate legal advice when

needed. This can be done th rough small seminars,

compliance materials, or any other typ es of train-

ing activities that are suitable to a company’s envi-

ronment. Training on Robinson-Patman should be

scheduled on a periodic basis to account for employ-

ment changes, the need for refreshers, and to address

developments in the law.

An effective training program wil l be tailored

to each company’s particular business, products, and

distribution network. It is useful to involve the busi-

ness people in creating such a program so that it can

incorporate a variety of real istic scenarios that the

company may face. The program should also con-

sider the potential Robinson-Patman issues that may

arise when looking both upstream a nd downstream

from the company’s perspective.

Robinson-Patman training is typical ly built into

a larger training progra m that covers other areas of

antitrust law. The following is a list of issues that

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