8 results for 'cat:"Antitrust" AND cat:"Business Practices"'.
J. Hardwick finds that the lower court properly found for the defendant grout-maker on antitrust claims alleging that its noncompete agreement with its former president violated the law. In the noncompete agreement, the former president agreed to a 10-year non-competition period because he was caught violating a previous one-year agreement within three months. The extended term was reasonable as part of a settlement agreement to avoid litigation over the president's breach of the first noncompete agreement. Affirmed.
Court: Missouri Court Of Appeals, Judge: Hardwick, Filed On: April 23, 2024, Case #: WD86444, Categories: antitrust, business Practices
J. Levy allows in part a veterinary product provider’s motion to dismiss claims brought against it in a class action brought by pet owners. They say the product provider coerced veterinary clinics to pay artificially inflated prices for its products through business practices that pushed out its competition, including steep penalties for clinics that try to end contracts with it. The pet owners lack antitrust standing to challenge the prices of the provider’s products because they buy veterinary services from the clinics who buy the provider’s products, but they do not buy the products themselves.
Court: USDC Maine, Judge: Levy, Filed On: January 8, 2024, Case #: 2:22cv392, NOS: Antitrust - Other Suits, Categories: antitrust, business Practices, Class Action
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J. May finds that an anti-aging company engaged in deceptive conduct and unfair practices by advertising and selling stem cell and exosome therapy to elderly customers in Iowa. The company did not have a constitutional right to a jury trial under the state consumer fraud act.
Court: Iowa Supreme Court, Judge: May, Filed On: May 26, 2023, Case #: 21-0831, Categories: antitrust, Fraud, business Practices