Practice Areas & Industries: Jones Day

Practice/Industry Group Overview

Jones Day's lawyers have extensive experience in counseling clients on a broad range of distribution issues, including price discrimination issues under the Robinson-Patman Act and vertical restraint issues under the Sherman Act. In particular, we have handled a broad range of lawsuits raising claims of price discrimination, discrimination in allowances and services, and Section 2(c) brokerage. In these cases, we have generally defended manufacturers or other sellers against claims filed by customers or other distributors alleging discriminatory treatment. We have handled these claims for clients in a number of industries, ranging from tobacco to chemicals to food products to auto parts distribution to consumer information services.