In Credit Bureau Services Inc. v. Experian Information Solutions Inc. et al, California federal district court judge Jesus G. Bernal dismissed a proposed class action accusing the credit bureau Experian Information Solutions, Inc. of conspiring to monopolize the mortgage credit data market with report reseller CoreLogic Inc. The court held that the complaint failed to satisfy the Twombly […]
Category Archives: Standard for Alleging Conspiracy
ATM Case Against Visa & MasterCard Dismissed
March 25, 2013 – 9:55 am
In National ATM Council Inc. et al. v. Visa Inc. et al., District of Columbia Judge Amy B. Jackson dismissed consolidated antitrust class actions against Visa and MasterCard alleging that the two card networks conspired restrain ATM fee competition. The plaintiffs allege that the two networks blocked ATM providers from steering their customers to lower […]
Court Dismissed Pipe Fittings Price-Fixing Suit
March 22, 2013 – 1:55 pm
In Yates Construction Co. Inc. v. Sigma Corp. et al., New Jersey District Court Judge Anne E. Thompson dismissed, with leave to amend, a putative class action brought by indirect purchasers of ductile iron pipe fittings (DIPF) who accused McWane Inc. and other producers of fixing prices for the products. The proposed class sued McWane, […]
Second Circuit Affirms Dismissal of ARS Antitrust Suit
March 19, 2013 – 1:29 pm
In Mayor and City Council of Baltimore et al. v. Citigroup Inc. et al., Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against a class of auction-rate securities investors and in favor of UBS AG and other top banks, finding that the banks’ simultaneous abandonment of the $330 billion ARS market before the financial crisis was a […]
Jury Awards $400 Million In Price Fixing Urethane Foam MDL
February 26, 2013 – 4:30 pm
In In re: Urethane Antitrust Litigation,Kansas federal jury awarded $400 million to a class of purchasers in multidistrict litigation against the Dow Chemical Co. and other chemical manufacturers, finding the companies conspired to fix the price of urethane foam, used in many types of cushions. The litigation, which was consolidated in 2008, accused chemical companies […]
California Supreme Court Refused to Hear Pharmacies’ Price-Fixing Case
January 28, 2013 – 5:06 pm
In Clayworth v. Pfizer, the California Supreme Court denied a petition to rehear a consolidated antitrust suit, filed by a group of pharmacies, accusing Pfizer Inc., GlaxoSmithKline PLC and other drug makers of conspiring to inflate drug prices in the U.S. and keeping lower-priced Canadian drugs off the market. The defendants originally won at the […]
Court Denies Motion to Dismiss Steel Distributor’s Boycott Suit
December 27, 2012 – 3:27 pm
In MM Steel LP v. Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. et al., Southern District of Texas Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt, denied a motion to dismiss suit filed by MM Steel LP, a steel distributor, accusing a group of steel distributors and producers of conspiring to boycott MM Steel to edge it our as a potential […]
California Supreme Court Refused to Hear Pharmacies’ Price-Fixing Case
December 27, 2012 – 2:56 pm
In Clayworth v. Pfizer, the California Supreme Court denied a petition to rehear a consolidated antitrust suit, filed by a group of pharmacies, accusing Pfizer Inc., GlaxoSmithKline PLC and other drugmakers of conspiring to inflate drug prices in the U.S. and keeping lower-priced Canadian drugs off the market. The defendants originally won at the trial […]
Court Denies Summary Judgment in Flat Glass Window Price-Fixing Suit
November 28, 2012 – 11:10 am
In Jeld-Wen Inc. v. AGC America et al., Western District of Pennsylvania Judge Donetta W. Ambrose denied AGC America Inc. and Guardian Industries Corp.’s motion for summary judgment, allowing door and window manufacturer Jeld-Wen Inc. to present its price-fixing claims to the jury. Jeld-Wen sued AGC and five other flat glass manufacturers, claiming that between […]
Court Dismisses Putative Antitrust Class Action Over Imaging Drug
September 21, 2012 – 1:35 pm
In PharmaRx Pharmaceutical Inc v. GE Healthcare Inc et al., Central District of California Judge Mariana R. Pfaelzer dismissed a radiopharmacy owner’s putative antitrust class action against Cardinal Health Inc. and GE Healthcare Inc., ruling the plaintiff had failed to plead its antitrust and conspiracy claims with enough specificity. In its complaint, plaintiff alleged that […]