2017 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 59 - MONOPOLIES AND UNLAWFUL COMBINATIONS
59-1606 Acquisition of corporate stock by another corporation to lessen competition; unlawful; exceptions; judicial order to divest.

Universal Citation: NE Code § 59-1606 (2017)

59-1606. Acquisition of corporate stock by another corporation to lessen competition; unlawful; exceptions; judicial order to divest.

(1) It shall be unlawful for any corporation to acquire, directly or indirectly, the whole or any part of the stock or assets of another corporation when the effect of such acquisition may be to substantially lessen competition or tend to create a monopoly in any line of commerce.

(2) This section shall not apply to corporations which purchase such stock solely for investment and not using the same by voting or otherwise to bring about, or in attempting to bring about, the substantial lessening of competition; nor shall anything contained in this section prevent a corporation from causing the formation of subsidiary corporations for the actual carrying on of their immediate lawful business, or the natural and legitimate branches or extensions thereof, or from owning and holding all or a part of the stock of such subsidiary corporations, when the effect of such formation is not to substantially lessen competition.

(3) In addition to any other remedy provided by the Consumer Protection Act, the district court may order any corporation to divest itself of the stock or assets held contrary to this section, in the manner and within the time fixed by such order.

Source

  • Laws 1974, LB 1028, § 13;
  • Laws 2002, LB 1278, § 21.

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