FTC Revives Price Discrimination Law in Suit Against Nation’s Largest Alcohol Distributor
By EsqSocial Corporation 23/12/24
On the eve of a new administration, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed its first price-discrimination action under the Robinson-Patman Act (RPA) since 2000. The FTC sued Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits LLC in US District Court for the Central District of California, claiming that Southern Glazer’s charged “drastically higher” prices to small, independent retailers than to large, national chains. The lawsuit was long-anticipated, as the FTC’s investigation had become publicly known last...
By: Morgan Lewis