California · Business and Professions Code - BPC

BPC §17045: The secret payment or allowance of rebates, refunds, commissions, or unearned discounts, whether in the form of money or otherwise, or secretly extending to certain purchasers special services or priv

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Secretly giving certain buyers rebates, discounts, or special services while denying them to others, in a way that harms competitors and reduces competition, is unlawful.

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The secret payment or allowance of rebates, refunds, commissions, or unearned discounts, whether in the form of money or otherwise, or secretly extending to certain purchasers special services or privileges not extended to all purchasers purchasing upon like terms and conditions, to the injury of a competitor and where such payment or allowance tends to destroy competition, is unlawful.

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