Wyoming

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Chapter 55

for the

STATE OF WYOMING

Updated and Revised by

Don T. Hibner, Jr., Esq.

Heather M. Cooper, Esq.

Angela J. Clifford, Esq.

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter and Hampton, LLP

Los Angeles, California

The Section of Antitrust Law thanks Kristie Langley, Assistant Attorney General,

and Lesley Osen, Assistant Attorney General, Wyoming Attorney General’s Office,

for their review of this chapter.

The Section gratefully acknowledges David Giamporcaro, Esq., William P. O’Neill,

Esq., Mitchell E. F. Plave, Esq., James H. Sneed, Esq., and James A. Wilson, 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.d. Relation to Federal Law....................................................................2

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

2. The Per Se Rule and the Rule of Reason ........................................................3

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...............................................................................................5

4.a. Concerted Refusals to Deal ...............................................................5

4.b. Expulsion or Exclusion from Membership in Trade

Associations or Other Groups ...........................................................5

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

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

5.b. Monsanto Rule..................................................................................6

5.c. Impact of Leegin ...............................................................................6

6. Nonprice Vertical Restraints–Intrabrand........................................................7

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

8. Tying Arrangements....................................................................................... 7

9. Dual Distribution ............................................................................................8

10. Intracorporate Conspiracy...............................................................................8

11. Monopolization...............................................................................................8

11.a. Monopolization.................................................................................8

11.b. Attempts to Monopolize....................................................................8

11.c. Monopoly Leveraging....................................................................... 8

11.d. Predatory Pricing...............................................................................8

11.e. Conspiracy to Monopolize ................................................................9

12. Mergers...........................................................................................................9

13. Discrimination & Other Single Firm Pricing Regulation ...............................9

13.a. Price Discrimination .........................................................................9

13.a.1. Territorial or Locality Discrimination.............................9

13.a.2. Buyer Liability..............................................................10

13.a.3. Meeting Competition Defense ......................................10

13.a.4. Functional Classifications.............................................10

13.a.5. Preemption....................................................................10

13.a.6. Other Defenses and Exemptions...................................10

13.a.7. Brokerage......................................................................11

13.a.8. Secret Payments or Allowances....................................11

13.a.9. Promotional Allowances and Services..........................11

13.a.10. Sales Below Cost and Loss Leaders .............................11