Chapter 35
for the
STATE OF NEW YORK
Updated and Revised by
Scott Martin, Esq.
Ryan F. Harsch, Esq.
Greenberg Traurig, 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, for his 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., Sharon
Selby, 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 ....................................................................................... 6
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 ..................................................... 18
8.
Tying Arrangements .................................................................................... 19
9.
Dual Distribution ......................................................................................... 20
10.
Intracorporate Conspiracy............................................................................ 21
11.
Monopolization ............................................................................................ 22
12.
Mergers ........................................................................................................ 24
13.
Discrimination & Other Single Firm Pricing Regulation ............................ 24
13.a.
Price Discrimination ....................................................................... 24
13.b.
Price Gouging and Minimum Pricing Statutes ................................ 25
13.c.
Specific Industry Rules ................................................................... 26
13.c.1.
Alcohol and Beverages ............................................... 26
13.c.2.
Cigarettes .................................................................... 27
13.c.3.
Dairy ........................................................................... 28
13.c.4.
Fuel and Petroleum ..................................................... 28
13.c.6.
Insurance ..................................................................... 29
13.c.7.
Public Utilities ............................................................ 29
14.
Exemptions and Defenses to Antitrust Liability .......................................... 30
14.a.
Statutory Exemptions and Defenses ................................................ 30
14.a.1.
State Action ................................................................. 30
14.a.2.
Contribution ................................................................ 30
14.a.3.
Filed Rate Doctrine ..................................................... 30
14.a.4.
Statute of Limitations .................................................. 32
14.a.5.
Preemption .................................................................. 33
14.a.6.
Labor ........................................................................... 34
14.a.7.
Insurance ..................................................................... 35
14.a.8.
Agriculture .................................................................. 36
14.a.9.
Alcohol ........................................................................ 36
14.a.10.
Cigarettes .................................................................... 37
14.a.11.
Dairy ........................................................................... 37
