Antitrust Checklist.docVIP

ANTITRUST CHECK LIST HORIZONTAL ARRANGEMENTS Horizontal Price Fixing (Sherman Act §1) Current Law—Illegal Per Se (Socony-Vacuum) Exceptions: if fits one of permissible factors then rule of reason is applied Justifications making it Rule of Reason/ Defenses: Improvement of market conditions (Chicago Board) Unsuccessful cartel/monopoly (U.S. Steel) Aggregate data dissemination/trade association (Maple Flooring) Price/market stabilization (Appalachian Coal) Safety defense (National Society of Professional Engineers) (rejected excuse) Public interest/education (Brown University) State action do