Questions from Business Law

Q: Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company desired to achieve cost savings by

Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company desired to achieve cost savings by switching to the sale of “private label” milk. A&P asked Borden Company, its longtime supplier of “brand label” milk, to submi...

Q: Clorox is the nation’s leading manufacturer of household liquid bleach (accounting

Clorox is the nation’s leading manufacturer of household liquid bleach (accounting for 49 percent—$40,000,000—of sales annually) and is the only brand sold nationally. Clorox and its next largest comp...

Q: The NCAA adopted a plan for televising college football games to reduce

The NCAA adopted a plan for televising college football games to reduce the adverse effect of TV coverage on spectator attendance. The plan limited the total number of televised intercollegiate footba...

Q: The National Society of Professional Engineers (Society) had an ethics

The National Society of Professional Engineers (Society) had an ethics rule that prohibited member engineers from disclosing or discussing price/fee information with customers until after the customer...

Q: During a period of a few years, intense price competition characterized

During a period of a few years, intense price competition characterized both the retail and the wholesale oil markets. At times, prices in the wholesale market fell below the manufacturer’s cost. One...

Q: As part of a corporate plan to stimulate sagging color television sales

As part of a corporate plan to stimulate sagging color television sales, GTE Sylvania began to phase out its wholesale distributors and began to sell its television sets directly to a smaller and more...

Q: Discuss the validity of the following: (a) A

Discuss the validity of the following: (a) A territorial allocation agreement between two manufacturers of the same type of products, whereby neither will sell its products in the area allocated to th...

Q: Universal Video sells video recording equipment in the United States, and

Universal Video sells video recording equipment in the United States, and its sales constitute 40 percent of the total sales of such equipment in the United States. One-half of Universal’s sales are t...

Q: Z sells cameras to A, B, C, and D

Z sells cameras to A, B, C, and D for $160 per camera. Y, one of Z’s competitors, sells a comparable camera to A for $148.50. Z, in response to this competitive pressure from Y, lowers its price to A...

Q: Taylor Company produces 77 percent of the coal used in the United

Taylor Company produces 77 percent of the coal used in the United States. Coal provides 25 percent of the energy used in the United States. In a suit brought by the United States against Taylor for vi...