An employer directs his vice-president of marketing to fix prices with their company's competitors. The employee does so. Under these facts:

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Both the employee and the employer are criminally liable because the employee acted under the direction of the employer to engage in illegal price-fixing activities. In such cases, both the individual who commits the act and the one who orders it are held responsible under the law.

An Employer Directs His Vice-President of Marketing to Fix Prices