Food & Power Quotes Simonsen Sussman Partner Nicolas Stebinger on the Future of the Robinson-Patman Act

Simonsen Sussman partner Nicolas Stebinger was quoted in an article on the Open Markets Institute’s Food & Power website, The Next Phase of Robinson-Patman Litigation. Open Markets’ Claire Kelloway wrote on the history of the Robinson-Patman Act and Congress’ hopes that the statute would help small businesses to thrive. Though the Act fell into disfavor around the 1970s, recent litigation has begun to rekindle interest in Robinson-Patman and what it can accomplish.

“Congress meant for this law to have a real, tangible effect, to protect small businesses from big ones. So they wrote the statute broadly,” says Stebinger. “As you have more people thinking in the Robinson-Patman context, you’re going to see more of these cases, because the statute really does apply in a variety of situations and there are pathways to liability that still exist.”