RealClearMarkets

'Price Discrimination' Is What Enables Lower Prices In the First Place

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) withdrew the agency’s lawsuit against Pepsi Cola for allegedly violating the Robinson-Patman Act (RPA). The withdrawal was supported by all three members of the ...
JD Supra

Massachusetts Federal Court Concludes Incentive Program and Secondary Market Allegations Fail to State Price Discrimination Claim

A federal court in Massachusetts recently dismissed holistic wellness centers’ price discrimination suit against the manufacturer of body sculpting devices initiated after Plaintiffs withdrew from the ...
JD Supra

California Federal Court Rejects Price Discrimination Case Alleging Costco Received Better Prices and Promotional Terms on 5-hour Energy

A federal court in California recently rejected federal and state antitrust price discrimination claims brought by several wholesalers of 5-hour Energy drinks, finding that the plaintiffs failed to ...
Law

Federal Judge Clears Changes to Price Discrimination Claims Against Juul, Distributor

"Allowing PBD’s proposed Sherman Act claim...would change the course of the underlying legal theories in this litigation in fundamental ways and entitle defendants to extensive and lengthy additional ...