Chapter 25
for the
STATE OF MICHIGAN
Updated and Revised by
Barbara Sicalides, Esq.
Barak Bassman, Esq.
Deirdre McInerney, Esq.
Pepper Hamilton LLP
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Section of Antitrust Law thanks M. Elizabeth Lippitt, Assistant Attorney
General, Michigan Attorney General’s Office, for her review of this chapter.
The Section gratefully acknowledges Michael F. Brockmeyer, Esq., Sonia Cho, Esq.,
James E. DeLine, Esq., Robert Klein, Esq., Raymond Krause, Esq., Poalo Morante,
Esq., William A. Sankbeil, Esq., Joanne Geha Swanson, Esq., and Robert C.
Weinbaum, Esq. for their work on this chapter in prior editions.
Michigan 25-iii
CONTENTS
1. Introduction ................................................................................................... 1
1.a Overview.......................................................................................... 1
1.c. History.............................................................................................. 1
1.d. Relation to Federal Law................................................................... 2
1.e. Remedies.......................................................................................... 2
1.f. Enforcement ..................................................................................... 3
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 .............................................................. 4
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.............................................................................. 6
5.a. Generally.......................................................................................... 6
5.b. Monsanto Rule ................................................................................. 6
5.c. Impact of Leegin .............................................................................. 7
6. Nonprice Vertical Restraints–Intrabrand....................................................... 7
7. Nonprice Vertical Restraints–Interbrand....................................................... 7
8. Tying Arrangements ...................................................................................... 8
9. Dual Distribution ........................................................................................... 8
10. Intracorporate Conspiracy.............................................................................. 8
11. Monopolization.............................................................................................. 9
11.a. Monopolization................................................................................ 9
11.b. Attempts to Monopolize................................................................. 10
11.c. Monopoly Leveraging.................................................................... 11
11.d. Predatory Pricing............................................................................ 11
11.e. Conspiracy to Monopolize ............................................................. 11
12. Mergers........................................................................................................ 11
13. Discrimination & Other Single Firm Pricing Regulation ............................11
13.c. Specific Industry Rules .................................................................. 12
13.c.6. Insurance ..................................................................... 12
13.c.8. O thers.......................................................................... 12
14. Exemptions and Defenses to Antitrust Liability.......................................... 12
14.a. Statutory Exemptions and Defenses............................................... 12
14.a.1. State Action................................................................. 12
14.a.2. Contribution ................................................................ 13
14.a.3. Filed R ate Doctrine..................................................... 13
14.a.4. Statute of Limitations.................................................. 14
14.a.5. P reemption .................................................................. 14
