§ 1803. — Antitrust exemptions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC1803]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 43--NEWSPAPER PRESERVATION
Sec. 1803. Antitrust exemptions
(a) Joint operating arrangements entered into prior to July 24, 1970
It shall not be unlawful under any antitrust law for any person to
perform, enforce, renew, or amend any joint newspaper operating
arrangement entered into prior to July 24, 1970, if at the time at which
such arrangement was first entered into, regardless of ownership or
affiliations, not more than one of the newspaper publications involved
in the performance of such arrangement was likely to remain or become a
financially sound publication: Provided, That the terms of a renewal or
amendment to a joint operating arrangement must be filed with the
Department of Justice and that the amendment does not add a newspaper
publication or newspaper publications to such arrangement.
(b) Written consent for future joint operating arrangements
It shall be unlawful for any person to enter into, perform, or
enforce a joint operating arrangement, not already in effect, except
with the prior written consent of the Attorney General of the United
States. Prior to granting such approval, the Attorney General shall
determine that not more than one of the newspaper publications involved
in the arrangement is a publication other than a failing newspaper, and
that approval of such arrangement would effectuate the policy and
purpose of this chapter.
(c) Predatory practices not exempt
Nothing contained in the chapter shall be construed to exempt from
any antitrust law any predatory pricing, any predatory practice, or any
other conduct in the otherwise lawful operations of a joint newspaper
operating arrangement which would be unlawful under any antitrust law if
engaged in by a single entity. Except as provided in this chapter, no
joint newspaper operating arrangement or any party thereto shall be
exempt from any antitrust law.
(Pub. L. 91-353, Sec. 4, July 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 467.)
References in Text
Any antitrust law, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (c), are the
antitrust laws defined in section 1802 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1804 of this title.
