Exhaust,Inc.has the exclusive contract with the state of California for building,maintaining,and operating the state's vehicle emission testing centers.Auto Emissions,Inc.has announced it will submit a bid on the upcoming renewal.Exhaust,Inc.has begun lobbying state legislators to pass a bill allowing only in-state firms to be awarded the exclusive emissions contract.Exhaust is a California corporation and Auto Emissions is a New York corporation.Exhaust's conduct is:

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Exhaust, Inc.'s lobbying efforts to influence legislation fall under the protection of the Noerr-Pennington doctrine, which shields individuals and entities from liability under antitrust laws when petitioning the government, including through lobbying, for favorable laws or regulations.