Prácticas Comerciales Ilegales en Texas

Sec. 15.05. UNLAWFUL PRACTICES. (a) Every contract, combination, or conspiracy in restraint of trade or commerce is unlawful. (b) It is unlawful for any person to monopolize, attempt to monopolize, or conspire to monopolize any part of trade or commerce. (c) It is unlawful for any person to sell, lease, or contract for the sale or lease of any goods, whether patented or unpatented, for use, consumption, or resale or to fix a price for such use, consumption, or resale or to discount from or rebate upon such price, on the condition, agreement, or understanding that the purchaser or lessee shall not use or deal in the goods of a competitor or competitors of the seller or lessor, where the effect of the condition, agreement, or understanding may be to lessen competition substantially in any line of trade or commerce. (d) It is unlawful for any person to acquire, directly or indirectly, the whole or any part of the stock or other share capital or the assets of any other person or persons, where the effect of Statute text rendered on: 7/1/2024 - 465 - BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE such acquisition may be to lessen competition substantially in any line of trade or commerce. This subsection shall not be construed: (1) to prohibit the purchase of stock or other share capital of another person where the purchase is made solely for investment and does not confer control of that person in a manner that could substantially lessen competition; (2) to prevent a corporation from forming subsidi