The abbreviated rule of reason analysis applies to restraints:
A) in which the overall reasonableness cannot be ascertained without a thorough examination of their pernicious and beneficial effects in the relevant markets.
B) that have an obvious adverse impact on competition, but whose overall reasonableness cannot be immediately ascertained.
C) that require thorough inquiry into the anticompetitive effects because the effects are not obvious.
D) that deserve a per se treatment because of their obvious unreasonableness.

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Abbreviated rule of reason analysis is utilized for restraints that have an obvious adverse impact on competition; however, they do not deserve per se treatment because their overall reasonableness cannot be ascertained without a preliminary assessment of their procompetitive effects.

The Abbreviated Rule of Reason Analysis Applies to Restraints