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Wholesale Price Gouging

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

N.Y. Appellate Court Resurrects NYAG’s COVID-19 Price-Gouging Claim Against Lysol Wholesaler

The early days of the COVID-19 pandemic may not involve memories anyone wants to relive, but lawsuits claiming that businesses unconscionably raised prices for emergency-related goods in those first weeks of the emergency are...more

Morgan Lewis - Power & Pipes

FERC to Investigate Natural Gas and Electricity Markets in Wake of Texas Storm

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced on February 22 that its Office of Enforcement would examine wholesale natural gas and electricity market activity during last week’s extreme cold weather ...more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

What’s My Price? Price Gouging Enforcement, Bargaining Power and Stealth Price Increases

Businesses may be wondering whether there is increased risk of price gouging liability when they impose higher penalty terms, ask for higher up-front payments, raise rates, or otherwise seek terms that may be more burdensome....more

Proskauer - Minding Your Business

Price Gouging Laws and the Dormant Commerce Clause?

During the pandemic, businesses are asking about their potential price gouging liability in states that they do not sell into directly but where their products might end up. At least one federal circuit court addressed this...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

California’s Sweeping Price-Gouging Statute Presents Unique Risks to Manufacturers, Wholesalers, Distributors and Retailers of...

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Unchartered Waters - State price-gouging laws have come into focus in recent weeks as all 50 states have declared an emergency in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. There is a relatively underdeveloped body of...more

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