Chapter 52
for the
STATE OF WASHINGTON
Updated and Revised by
Hugh F. Bangasser, Esq.
Ramona M. Emerson, Esq.
Christopher M. Wyant, Esq.
Aaron E. Millstein, Esq.
K&L Gates, LLP
Seattle, Washington
The Section of Antitrust Law gratefully acknowledges Craig D. Bachman, Esq.,
James M. Beaulaurier, Esq., Thomas L. Boeder, Esq., Samuel R. Castic, Esq., Tanya
A. Durkee, Esq., John Ebel, Esq., Steve Edmiston, Esq., Susan E. Foster, Esq.,
Susan L. Guthrie, Esq., Stuart Hirschfeld, Esq., Christopher J. Kane, Esq., Tina E.
Kondo, Esq., James L. Magee, Esq., Douglas Ross, Esq., Richard Siefert, Esq.,
Payton Smith, Esq., David C. Spellman, Esq., Richard J. Wallis, Esq., and Lucinda
Whaley, 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.c.History ............................................................................................... 2
1.d.Relation to Federal Law .................................................................... 2
1.e.Remedies ........................................................................................... 3
1.f.Enforcement ...................................................................................... 4
2.The Per Se Rule and Rule of Reason ............................................................. 4
3.Horizontal Agreements Other Than Group Boycotts .................................... 4
3.a.Price Fixing ....................................................................................... 4
3.b.Market Allocation ............................................................................. 5
3.c.Customer Allocation ......................................................................... 5
3.d.Bid Rigging ....................................................................................... 5
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 .............................................................................. 6
5.a.Generally ........................................................................................... 6
5.b.Monsanto Rule .................................................................................. 6
5.c.Impact of Leegin ............................................................................... 6
6.Nonprice Vertical Restraints–Intrabrand ....................................................... 6
7.Nonprice Vertical Restraints–Interbrand ....................................................... 7
8.Tying Arrangements ...................................................................................... 8
9.Dual Distribution ........................................................................................... 9
10.Intracorporate Conspiracy.............................................................................. 9
11.Monopolization .............................................................................................. 9
11.a.Monopolization ............................................................................... 10
11.b.Attempts to Monopolize .................................................................. 11
11.c.Monopoly Leveraging ..................................................................... 11
11.d.Predatory Pricing ............................................................................. 11
11.e.Conspiracy to Monopolize .............................................................. 12
12.Mergers ........................................................................................................ 12
13.Discrimination & Other Single Firm Pricing Regulation ............................ 13
13.a.Price Discrimination ....................................................................... 13
13.b.Price Gouging and Minimum Pricing Statutes ................................ 13
14.Exemptions and Defenses to Antitrust Liability .......................................... 13
14.a.Statutory Exemptions and Defenses ................................................ 13
14.a.4.Statute of Limitations .................................................. 13
14.a.6.Labor ........................................................................... 14
14.a.7.Insurance ..................................................................... 14
14.a.8.Agriculture .................................................................. 14
14.a.15.Public Utilities ............................................................ 15
