Antitrust Chronicle® – Vertical Restraints
Fall 2020, Volume 3, Number 1
Dear Readers, In this edition of the CPI Antitrust Chronicle®, we look at the topic of Vertical Restraints. Generally speaking, within competition law, a vertical restraint is an agreement undertaken at different levels of production, distribution, or supply (e.g. an anti-competitive agreement between a manufacturer and distributor). Vertical restraints are a well-known and much-written about […]
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