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Statute of Limitations refers to a statute that sets the time period during which a legal claim can be brought. Most statute of limitations laws require individuals to sue at some point during a set period usually commencing from the date of the wrong or injury or the discovery of the wrong or injury. Except for under a limited set of circumstances, if an individual does not file a suit within the specified time period, the law bars them from ever suing on that claim. less -

Fourth Circuit Decides “Non-Ink-to-Paper” Agreement Among Defense Contractors May Toll Statute of Limitations for Antitrust Claims

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 5/23/2025

On May 9, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit published a significant decision in Scharpf v. General Dynamics Corp., reviving a dormant class action lawsuit against a group of the country’s largest naval...more

Northern District Of Illinois Certifies Class In A Commodities Market Manipulation Suit, Holding That Proposed Class Made A...

A&O Shearman on 1/14/2020

On January 3, 2020, Judge Edmond E. Chang of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division granted Plaintiffs’ motion to certify a class of investors in an action alleging that two...more

The Eighth Circuit Reignites Claims of Continuing Conduct in Propane Tank Conspiracy

Proskauer - Minding Your Business on 8/24/2017

A split Eighth Circuit recently reversed a prior panel ruling and reignited antitrust claims against distributors of pre-filled propane tanks. The 5-4 majority cited the 1997 Supreme Court decision Klehr v. A.O. Smith Corp....more

New York District Court Allows Monopolization Claims Alleging Manipulation of Electricity Prices to Proceed Against Barclays

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 3/10/2016

Last week, Judge Victor Marrero of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York partially granted Barclays PLC’s motion to dismiss antitrust and unfair enrichment claims brought against it by Merced...more

In re Credit Default Swaps Antitrust Litigation: Big Banks Still Must Face Section 1 Sherman Act Claim

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 10/21/2014

In a decision upholding most of the class action antitrust claims against 12 of the world’s largest financial institutions, Judge Cote of the Southern District of New York held that the plaintiffs had standing and alleged...more

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