During the past 20 years it has become excruciatingly hard to prove a R-P
violation.  The required proof of competitive injury is an almost
insurmountable barrier as a practical matter.  I won't go further into the
details, but actual legal risks under R-P these days are extremely small.

John Allison


At 03:45 PM 10/23/2001, you wrote:
>Here's a query I got from an accounting colleague of mine...any comments
>would be appreicated.
>
>Dan
>
>Hi Dan.
>I have a business law question.  I'm teaching students about internet
>pricing schemes.  It appears that businesses are using the Internet to
>practice some segmented pricing - offering different customers different
>prices.  It seems to me that the Robinson Patman act (which I vaguely
>recall from my business law courses) said that you could only charge
>different prices if you could show that there were also different costs -
>for instance, lower distribution costs.  Is this true?  Are there any
>regulations regarding pricing these days?  Is anyone concerned about
>Internet pricing?
>