A federal judge appointed interim lead counsel for three plaintiff classes in a multidistrict litigation alleging that Cal-Maine Foods Inc. and other egg producers conspired to fix prices, approving one application...
Four Brazilian plywood manufacturers and a certification body filed a complaint in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleging that a coalition of U.S. producers orchestrated a group boycott...
A federal judge appointed interim lead counsel for three plaintiff classes in a multidistrict litigation alleging that Cal-Maine Foods Inc. and other egg producers conspired to fix prices, approving one application and denying three competing bids.
Four Brazilian plywood manufacturers and a certification body filed a complaint in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleging that a coalition of U.S. producers orchestrated a group boycott and false advertising campaign to...
Hospital system Lifepoint sued insurers and MultiPlan in federal court, alleging the defendants formed an anticompetitive cartel to suppress out-of-network reimbursement rates, seeking tens of millions in damages.
WASHINGTON (LN) — The Justice Department and California are suing to block CalPortland’s proposed acquisition of Vulcan Materials Company’s ready-mix concrete operations in California, alleging the deal would eliminate substantial competition in San Diego...
The American Physical Therapy Association filed a direct action complaint in the Multiplan multidistrict litigation asserting horizontal and hub-and-spoke conspiracy claims under Section 1 of the Sherman Act against Multiplan Inc. and more than two dozen...
The Justice Department charged four major shipping container manufacturers and seven executives with a multi-year conspiracy to fix prices and restrict output, alleging the scheme roughly doubled container prices during the pandemic.
SAN FRANCISCO (LN) — The City of Fountain Valley has filed a class action complaint in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, accusing major fire apparatus manufacturers and dealers of anticompetitive conduct.
A federal magistrate judge in the Southern District of California ordered CMC Steel Fabricators to pay attorneys’ fees and cease wiping devices of departing employees, ruling the company failed to preserve text messages and laptop data relevant to an...
The 9th Circuit enforced an arbitration agreement between independent pharmacies and CVS Health, rejecting claims that the deal was unconscionable, but affirmed a lower court’s refusal to enforce a delegation clause that would have forced arbitrators to...
Senior Judge Paul G. Castel denied Gannett and Daily Mail’s request to keep their economic and technical expert reports entirely under seal, ruling that the presumption of public access outweighs the parties’ claims of inefficiency in redacting sensitive data.
A federal judge in Utah denied a preliminary injunction sought by 16 sports flooring distributors, ruling they failed to show they were likely to succeed on their breach-of-contract claims after canceling mandatory performance meetings.
The Justice Department’s Antitrust Division emphasized that intellectual property protections must balance rewarding innovators with enabling competition in the concentrated seed market, filing a statement of interest in a Delaware case involving Corteva...
Sezzle’s antitrust lawsuit against Shopify survives a motion to dismiss, with a federal judge allowing claims that the e-commerce giant unlawfully monopolized the “buy now, pay later” aftermarket on its platform while dismissing a tying claim.
U.S. District Judge Lewis J. Liman ruled Monday that the strong presumption of public access to judicial documents outweighs Compagnie De Saint-Gobain S.A.'s arguments for keeping settlement-related communications sealed in the In Re: Concrete and Cement...
A data broker accused of helping chicken, pork, and turkey processors coordinate prices agreed to change how it distributes competitive information and make monetary payments to settling states.
A federal judge in Manhattan sanctioned a claims-filing firm for misleading class members about including Square sales data in antitrust claims, ordering the company to notify clients and reopen filing windows.
A settlement with a data firm ends an alleged scheme in which meat processors used shared industry reports to coordinate prices, according to a coalition of states and the Justice Department.
The Justice Department filed a proposed settlement to resolve claims that a data-sharing company facilitated an anticompetitive information exchange among major meat processors.
The Supreme Court refused to pause a lower court’s contempt order against Apple, allowing the penalty to remain in effect while the company appeals in its antitrust dispute with Epic Games.
A federal judge in Minnesota has allowed Sysco Corporation’s antitrust claims against JBS USA Food Company to proceed, vacating a prior order that had enforced a settlement agreement in the beef industry multidistrict litigation.