In Astra Media Group LLC v. Clear Channel Taxi Media LLC et al., Southern District of New York Judge Naomi Buchwald dismissed with prejudice an antitrust suit against Clear Channel Taxi Media LLC filed by Astra Media Group LLC, alleging that Clear Channel attempted to establish a monopoly on the rooftop advertising on New York […]
Category Archives: US Federal Courts
Price-Fixing Suit Against DSM Rubber Units To Move Forward
January 7, 2010 – 12:03 pm
In In re: Ethylene Propylene, District of Connecticut Judge Stefan R. Underhill refused to dismiss antitrust allegations against two subsidiaries of multinational manufacturing company Royal DSM NV, alleging that the defendants fixed the price of ethylene propylene diene monomer synthetic rubber used in the auto and roofing industries. The Court rejected the defendants’ contentions that […]
Banks Settling Cardholder Arbitration Antitrust Case
January 5, 2010 – 5:57 pm
In multi-district litigation centered in the Southern District of New York, Capital One has joined Bank of America, Citibank, Chase, and HSBC in settling a case alleging that the card issuing banks agreed to require cardholders to agree to arbitrate any disputes and to prohibit class actions. The settlements agree not to enforce arbitration provisions […]
Termite-Killing Products Price Fixing Conspiracy Case Dismissed
January 4, 2010 – 2:55 pm
In Valuepest.com of Charlotte Inc. et al. v. Bayer Corp. et al., a termite-killing products price-fixing conspiracy case, Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court’s decision to deny the plaintiff’s motion to correct the judgment under Rule 60 on the ground that the plaintiffs abandoned the issues of abandonment and mandate, raised in […]
Price-Fixing Action Against Oil Companies Dismissed by Ninth Circuit As Time-Barred
December 16, 2009 – 12:13 am
In Mike Madani et al. v. Shell Oil Co. et al., Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of a putative class action filed by gas station owners in California accusing Shell Oil Co., Chevron Corp., and Saudi Refining Inc. of engaging in a scheme to fix fuel prices for U.S. franchise owners during […]
IBM Acused of Monopolizing Mainframe Market
December 15, 2009 – 10:57 am
Neon Enterprise Software has sued IBM in the Western District of Texas arguing that the mainframe computer giant has engaged in unfair competition in telling customers that they may not use a Neon software product. According to the complaint, mainframe customers with legacy systems are effectively locked into paying IBM large licensing fees. In recent […]
Sixth Company Pleads Guilty For Conspiracy To Fix Liquid Crystal Display Panel Prices
December 14, 2009 – 12:13 pm
In U.S. v. Chi Mei Optoelectronics, Chi Mei Optoelectronics has pled guilty and agreed to pay $220 million in criminal fines for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices of liquid crystal display panels. The U.S. Department of Justice alleged that Chi Mei and five other co-conspirators agreed during meetings, conversations and […]
Egg-Sharing RICO And Antitrust Violations Claims Dismissed As “Quite Far-Fetched”
December 10, 2009 – 10:25 am
In Options National Fertility Registry et al. v. American Society for Reproductive Medicine et al., Northern District Court of California Judge Jeremy Fogel dismissed for the third time a proposed class action brought by an organization representing human egg donors who say the American Society for Reproductive Medicine and the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology […]
Labor Part of Union Subsidies Case Is Affirmed, Antitrust Part Will Go To Trial
December 10, 2009 – 10:04 am
In American Erectors Inc. et al. v. Local Union No. 7, Massachusetts District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns handed down an order denying Local No. 7 of the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental & Reinforcing Iron Workers’ motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, largely affirming the jury verdict in the labor portion of a […]