Kansas Supreme Court Rules RPM Per Se Illegal under State's Antitrust Law | Practical Law
In O'Brien v. Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc., the Kansas Supreme Court held that minimum resale price maintenance (RPM) is per se illegal under Kansas state antitrust law, departing 180 degrees from federal antitrust law. Kansas is the latest state to refuse to follow the 2007 US Supreme Court ruling in Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, which overturned the nearly century-old rule that RPM agreements are per se, or automatic, violations of the federal antitrust laws.