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Last Update: 7/18/01

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1. YOU ARE NOT ALONE! - How to Put Together a Small Group of Injured Persons to Start a Single Action under the Robinson-Patman Price and/or Service Discrimination against a Superstore, Major Wholesaler or a Manufacturer
2. original COMPLAINT in Auto-Parts Price Discrimination Action Filed by 200 Warehouse Distributor and Jobber Plaintiffs on 2/16/00 against 8 Leading Auto-Parts Chain-Store Retailers, including AutoZone, Wal-Mart, Advance Auto, Pep Boys, CSK
3. NEW Wal-Mart - Pro & Con Arguments for Use in Wal-Mart Expansion Battles; and Fighting Globalization
4. A Plaintiffs' Group Can Be from Different Industries against a Common Chain-Store Retailer
5. Sherman.Act Mall - Issues and Answers under the Sherman Act
6. Should a Failing Business Heading for Bankruptcy File an Antitrust Action? - the Pro's and Con's
7. Do You Have an RPA Price Discrimination or Service Discrimination Claim?
8. FARMGATE - How Farmers Can Recover The Value of Their Lost Farms Through the Robinson-Patman Act
9. Can You Sue if You Are Guilty of Paying a Lower Price than 75% of Your Competitors, but Paying a Higher Price than Your Superstore Competitors?
10. When Do Defendants Settle RPA Cases, If At All?
11. Suggestions Wanted for New Topics for RPAMall - DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
12. Robinson-Patman Act and Related Federal Statutes
13. Estimating Your Damages and Recovery in an RPA Suit
14. Damages Rule of Thumb: 9,000 X 1 Day's Loss of Profits;
15. Who Can Sue for Unlawful Price Discrimination - Individuals, Corporations, Towns and Other Governmental Bodies
16. Non-Profit Institutions Act - Exemptions for Hospitals and Other Non-Profit Institutions; Claims for Damages by Competing Drug Stores and Others
17. Small Gas Stations and Convenience Stores - Paying Higher Prices for Gas, Drink and Food Inventory - A Suggested Solution
18. Federal Trade Commission Guides (FTC Guides) for Advertising Allowances and Other Merchandising Payments and Services, 16 CFR 240
19. Antitrust: the Civil Rights Law for Small Business
20. State Statutes and Decisions: Price Discrimination
21. Estimated Expenses of a Robinson-Patman Act Price Discrimination Lawsuit
22. Litigation Stages and Estimated Length of RPA Lawsuit
23. Costs Taxed against Losing Party under 28 U.S.C. Section 1920 - Costs Not Taxable to the Extent Losing Party Cannot Afford to Pay Them
24. No Liability of a Losing RPA Plaintiff to Pay Defendants' Attorneys' Fees, Unlike the Possibility under the Copyright Act
25. It is ILLEGAL under the RPA for Manufacturers and Suppliers to Give Higher Discounts, Rebates and Allowances to Companies Which Sell Their Products through WEBSITES
26. Liability: Easier to Prove Than the Amount of RPA Damages
27. How to Prove Damages in an RPA Action
28. Robinson-Patman Act Remedies for Price Discrimination
29. The Shils Report, a 250-Page Report and Survey Proving that Big Box / Superstores Are Injuring Towns and Small Businesses in America through Price Discrimination and Other Predatory Practices
30. "Big Box", "Category Killer" and Superstore Material - a Growing Collection of Links
31. Pro's and Con's in Deciding Whether or Not to Sue
32. Checklist of Antitrust Claims
33. Lawmall Website: Links to RPA-Related Topics
34. Websites of Interest to RPA Plaintiffs
35. Selecting an Attorney to Start an RPA Lawsuit
36. Expert Witnesses in Price Discrimination Actions
37. One Store, One RPA Suit; and No RPA Class Actions
38. List of RPA Decisions Denying Class Action Status - with Relevant Quotations
39. Virtual Law Firms in Price Discrimination Field
40. Instructions to New RPA Plaintiffs
41. Recent Significant Court Decisions in Price Discrimination Lawsuits
42. Brief Description of 1997-Present Federal Decisions Referring to the Robinson-Patman Act, with Citations
43. Industries Seriously Injured by "Big Box" and "Category Killer" Superstores
44. Many Trade Associations Are Indifferent or Adverse
45. Price Discrimination Newsletter
46. Resume of RPA Attorney Carl Person
47. E-Mail/Fax/Telephone Inquiries to Attorney Carl Person
48. RPA Questionnaire/E-Mail to Attorney Carl Person
49. Public Offering and Sale of Shares in Your RPA Lawsuit
50. Federal Court Docket Sheet in RPA Action
51. Discovery in a RPA Price Discrimination Action
52. RPA Pleadings Checklist and The 10 Most Significant RPA Issues for You to Consider
53. If RPA Attorney and Client Live in Different States
54. Available Services for RPA Plaintiffs or Attorneys
55. Role of Justice Dept. and FTC in RPA Enforcement
56. Why Most Large Retailers, Wholesalers and Manufacturers Are Violating the RPA and Discriminating against Small Retailers
57. Assistance Offered to RPA Plaintiffs' Attorneys
58. Lawmall Website - Main Menu
59. Types of Professionals and Others Needed to Become Involved with RPA Litigation: (i) attorneys, (ii) expert witnesses - liability and/or damages, (iii) survey experts, (iv) paralegals, (v) investigators, (vi) website programmers, (vii) reporters, business editors and media, and (viii) persons with economic, educational, social, professional or political interest in unlawful price and service discrimination and its elimination
60. Registration of Persons Interested in Becoming Involved with RPA Litigation in Their Area
61. LawMall/RPA Response Form - E-Mail Your Question about RPA to Editor/Attorney Carl Person, and He Will Respond

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