News & Analysis as of

Motion to Dismiss Antitrust Violations Price-Fixing

Mintz - Antitrust Viewpoints

DOJ Reaffirms Stance on Algorithmic Price Fixing, While Federal Judge Dismisses Price Fixing Complaint Against Software Company —...

On March 27, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division submitted a Statement of Interest (SOI) in a pricing algorithm case, in which it continues to argue that the use of third-party algorithmic price devices may...more

A&O Shearman

California District Court Grants Software Company’s Motion To Dismiss In Algorithmic Price Fixing Case

A&O Shearman on

On March 21, 2025, Judge Jeffrey S. White of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California granted defendant software company’s motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ claims of price-fixing under the Sherman...more

A&O Shearman

Washington District Court Denies Motion To Dismiss In Algorithmic Rent Price-Fixing Case

A&O Shearman on

On December 4, 2024, the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington denied defendants’ joint motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ class action price-fixing claims under Section 1 of the Sherman Act, allowing...more

A&O Shearman

Utah District Court Grants Mattress Businesses’ Motion To Dismiss In Antitrust Case Alleging Conspiracy In And Monopolization Of...

A&O Shearman on

On October 16, 2024, Judge David Barlow of the United States District Court for the District of Utah granted defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiff’s claims that nine defendants (specifically, sellers, distributors, and...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Attorneys Collect $23.3M Payday in EDVA Antitrust Settlement

Troutman Pepper Locke on

On October 18, Judge Rebecca Beach Smith of the Eastern District of Virginia approved a $70 million settlement in an antitrust case, with more than $23.3 million awarded to the plaintiffs’ attorneys. This case helpfully...more

The Volkov Law Group

District Court Upholds Criminal Antitrust Charges for Labor Price-Fixing

The Volkov Law Group on

The Antitrust Division won a preliminary skirmish against two co-defendants who challenged the criminal indictment against them charging price-fixing in the labor market. District Court Judge Mazzant, in the Eastern District...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Federal Court Denies Motions to Dismiss Turkey Price-Fixing Case

Bilzin Sumberg on

On Monday, Northern District of Illinois Judge Virginia M. Kendall denied three motions to dismiss a putative class action alleging that the nation’s leading turkey suppliers—including Butterball, Cargill, House of Raeford,...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Pork Price-Fixing Complaint Dismissed: Class Plaintiffs Will Amend

Bilzin Sumberg on

Chief Judge Tunheim recently dismissed, with leave to amend, the class complaints in In Re Pork Antitrust Litigation.  The Pork case— filed in the District of Minnesota against Tyson, Hormel, JBS and other major pork...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Second Circuit Rejects Total Wine Challenge of Connecticut Pricing Laws

Last week, in Connecticut Fine Wine and Spirits LLC v. Seagull, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a lower court’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit from Total Wine & More challenging parts of Connecticut’s...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Southwest Airlines Will Cooperate in Class Action Against American, Delta & United

A federal judge has granted preliminary approval of Southwest Airlines Co.’s settlement with a class of plaintiffs alleging antitrust violations against Southwest, American Airlines, Inc., Delta Air Lines, Inc., and United...more

Proskauer - Corporate Defense and Disputes

International Comity and Deference: A Foreign Government with Final Say When Interpreting its Own Laws

On Tuesday, the Second Circuit in In Re Vitamin C Antitrust Litigation vacated a $147 million award against two Chinese companies for engaging in anti-competitive behavior. At issue was how a federal court should respond...more

11 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide