Chapter 35
for the
STATE OF NEW YORK
Updated and Revised by
Scott Martin, Esq.
Sharon E. Selby, Esq.
Jaime S. Kaplan, Esq.
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
New York, New York
The Section of Antitrust Law thanks James Yoon, Assistant Attorney General,
Antitrust Bureau, Department of Law, State of New York, and Jay L. Himes, Esq. of
Labaton Sucharow LLP for their review of this chapter.
The Section gratefully acknowledges Aton Arbisser, Esq., Jodi S. Balsam, Esq.,
Wayne D. Collins, Esq., Susan Beth Farmer, Esq., Steven M. Pincus, Esq., Antonia
B. Sherman, Esq., and Tamir Young, Esq. for their work on this chapter in prior
editions.
New York 35-iii
CONTENTS
1. Introduction ................................................................................................... 1
1.a. Overview.......................................................................................... 1
2. The Per Se Rule and the Rule of Reason ....................................................... 3
3. Horizontal Agreements Other Than Group Boycotts .................................... 6
3.a. Price Fixing...................................................................................... 7
3.b. Market Allocation ............................................................................ 9
4. Group Boycotts............................................................................................ 11
4.a. Concerted Refusals to Deal............................................................ 11
4.b. Expulsion or Exclusion from Membership in Trade
Associations or Other Groups ........................................................ 13
5. Resale Price Maintenance............................................................................ 15
5.a. Generally........................................................................................ 15
5.b. Monsanto Rule ............................................................................... 15
5.c. Impact of Leegin ............................................................................ 16
6. Nonprice Vertical Restraints–Intrabrand..................................................... 17
7. Nonprice Vertical Restraints–Interbrand..................................................... 17
8. Tying Arrangements .................................................................................... 18
9. Dual Distribution ......................................................................................... 20
10. Intracorporate Conspiracy............................................................................ 20
11. Monopolization............................................................................................ 21
12. Mergers........................................................................................................ 23
13. Discrimination & Other Single Firm Pricing Regulation ............................ 24
13.a. Price Discrimination ...................................................................... 24
13.b. Price Gouging and MinimumPricing Statutes............................... 25
13.c. Specific Industry Rules .................................................................. 26
13.c.1. A lcohol and Beverages ............................................... 26
13.c.2. Cigarettes .................................................................... 26
13.c.3. D airy........................................................................... 27
13.c.4. Fuel and Petroleum ..................................................... 28
13.c.6. Insurance ..................................................................... 28
13.c.7. Public Utilities ............................................................ 28
14. Exemptions and Defenses to Antitrust Liability.......................................... 29
14.a. Statutory Exemptions and Defenses............................................... 29
14.a.1. State Action................................................................. 29
14.a.2. Contribution ................................................................ 30
14.a.3. Filed R ate Doctrine..................................................... 30
14.a.4. Statute of Limitations.................................................. 31
14.a.5. P reemption .................................................................. 33
14.a.6. Labor ........................................................................... 33
14.a.7. Insurance ..................................................................... 34
14.a.8. A griculture .................................................................. 36
14.a.9. A lcohol........................................................................ 36
14.a.10. Cigarettes .................................................................... 36
14.a.11. D airy........................................................................... 37
