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McDermott Will & Emery

Cartel Snapshot - June 2019

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division announced three new investigations and several developments in its other investigations, including new investigations in the commercial flooring industry, online auctions for...more

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Generic drugs ensnared in price-fixing and shoddy manufacturing claims

With Big Pharma pressing the limits in promoting and pricing prescription medications, patients and their advocates long have hoped that generic drugs might be difference-makers on costs and practices. Those positive wishes,...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Jury Gives Auto Parts Manufacturer a Pass on DOJ Conspiracy Claims

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On November 29, 2017, a Japanese auto parts manufacturer and its US subsidiary defeated the US Department of Justice’s claims that the companies conspired with others to fix prices and rig bids for automotive body sealing...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Challenge to Alleged Horizontal Adoption of Minimum Advertised Prices

In what has been described as the latest opinion on the use of hub and spoke theories to allege conspiracies in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, the plaintiffs took the position that the viability of their claims...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Ninth Circuit Clarifies Analysis of Alleged Hub-and-Spoke Conspiracies Under the Sherman Act

Yesterday, the Ninth Circuit issued an opinion affirming the dismissal of plaintiffs’ consolidated complaint in In re Musical Instruments and Equipment Antitrust Litigation. In addressing plaintiffs’ allegations of a...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

In re Capacitors Antitrust Class Action Litigation Survives Motion to Dismiss

Direct and indirect capacitor purchasers who filed class action complaints against an alleged worldwide cartel of capacitor manufacturers have, for the most part, survived a motion to dismiss in the Northern District of...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

EDVA Dismisses "Standards Conspiracy" Suit

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Companies and trade associations involved in setting industry standards should take note of a recent decision out of the Eastern District of Virginia this month. ...more

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