concerted refusal to deal 联合抵制交易 指两个以上的人或企业共同约定不同第三方进行业务交往。联合的各方可能是竞争者，也可能不是。联合抵制交易可能违反谢尔曼法〔Sherman Act〕第一条规定，对此应根据联合约定的性质，按照「本身违法规则」〔per se rule〕或「合理规则」〔rule of reason〕进行分析。 (→boycott; per se rule; rule of reason)
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concerted refusal to deal. Antitrust. An agreement between two or more persons or firms to not do business with a third party. • The parties to the agreement may or may not be competitors. Concerted refusals to deal may violate § 1 of the Sherman Act and are analyzed under either the per se rule
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refusal to deal. A company’s decision not to do business with another company. • A business has the right to refuse to deal only if it is not accompanied by an illegal restraint of trade. [Cases: Monopolies 17(2.1).]
Antitrust. 1.CONCERTED REFUSAL TO DEAL. 2. A type of secondary boycott by two or more competitors who refuse to do business with one firm unless it refrains from doing business with an actual or potential competitor of the boycotters. • A group boycott can violate the Sherman Act and is analyzed under either the per
nonintercourse. 1. The refusal of one country to deal commercially with another. • For example, the Non–Intercourse Act of 1809, a congressional act, prohibited the importation of British or French goods. 2. The lack of access, communication, or sexual relations between husband and wife. Cf. NONACCESS.
bad faith, n. 1. Dishonesty of belief or purpose (the lawyer filed the pleading in bad faith). — Also termed mala fides (mal-[schwa] fI-deez). “A complete catalogue of types of bad faith is impossible, but the following types are among those which have been recognized in judicial decisions: evasion of the spirit of the bargain,
tying arrangement. Antitrust. 1. A seller’s agreement to sell one product or service only if the buyer also buys a different product or service. • The product or service that the buyer wants to buy is known as the tying product or tying service; the different product or service that the seller insists on selling