Competition Authority reminder to businesses: resale price maintenance is against the law

Competition Authority (Ireland), here.

Irish High Court Order following FitFlop investigation involving allegations of resale price maintenance

Competition Authority Press Release, here. 

The Patent-Antitrust Interface: Are There Any No-No’s Today?

Venable.com, here. 

Lawsuit claims travel websites, hotels involved in price fixing

Latimes.com, here. 

Bundeskartellamt verhängt Bußgeld gegen TTS Tooltechnic wegen vertikaler Preisbindung

Pressemitteilung, hier. 

From the Prairie to the Ocean: More Developments in State RPM Law

M. Lindsay, here. 

How to deal with resale price maintenance: What can we learn from empirical results?

J. Kretschmer, here. 

A Tale of Two Coasts: Recent RPM Enforcement in New York and California

M.Lindsay, here. 

On Horizontal and Vertical "Price Fixing" in Poland

Poland’s Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, here. 

RPM in Finland and Spain

According to the Finnish Competition Authority, the Finnish Market Court should impose a fine of EUR4m on the home goods manufacturer because of mininum resale price maintenance (RPM) on its products, whereas the the Spanish Competition Authority has resolved to open formal proceedings against Montesa Honda, S.A. and six of its dealers for alleged minimum resale prices for Honda motorcycles.

RPM after Leegin: per se rule of illegality to be restored?

"Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act of 2009", see this report on the House Judiciary Committee's Hearing from antitrustlawblog.com.

RPM and the "hardcore restriction debate" in EU competition policy

See Resale Price Maintenance in EC Competition Law: The Need for a Standardised Approach , by Frederik van Doorn

US Developments after Leegin

Notable developments concerning State Resale Price Maintenance Laws After Leegin, by Michael Lindsey.

A New Structured Rule of Reason Approach for RPM?

Antitrust Federalism : Enhancing Federal/State Cooperation, CHRISTINE A. VARNEY Assistant Attorney General Antitrust Division U.S. Department of Justice