Retractable Technologies, Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson and Co.
Petition for certiorari denied on March 20, 2017.
Issue
(1) Whether and when false commercial speech gives rise to antitrust liability; and specifically whether, if a party knowingly lies about its competitors' products, has a specific intent to become, and a reasonable probability of becoming, a monopolist and harms competition (all as a found by the jury), that party's false commercial speech can support a claim of attempted monopolization under Sherman Act " 2; and (2) whether tainting the market with the sale of malfunctioning products constitutes exclusionary conduct.
Recommended Citation: Retractable Technologies, Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson and Co., SCOTUSblog, https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/retractable-technologies-inc-v-becton-dickinson-co/