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price fixing
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Cleary Antitrust Watch
Second Circuit Dismisses Antitrust Claims Against Chinese Pharmaceutical Companies Based on International Comity
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently issued a 2-1 decision in In re Vitamin C Antitrust Litig., dismissing antitrust claims against two Chinese pharmaceutical companies for reasons…
Canadian Lawyer Mag
Settled price-fixing class action sheds light on who can assert unlawful conspiracy claim
Defendants controlled market and generally drove up prices, plaintiffs submit
Litigation Finance Journal
BCCE Announces $12 Million Funding Round
By John Freund
Bank Cartel Claims Europe (BCCE), a joint-venture of law firm Grantley Sinclair LLP and litigation finance firm Commercial Damages Claims Limited today announced a $12M funding round for its dedicated…
Cleary Antitrust Watch
CMA Imposes Fines for Excessive and Unfair Pricing and Market Sharing in the Supply of Hydrocortisone Tablets
On 15 July 2021, the CMA announced that it had imposed fines totalling more than £260 million for competition law breaches in relation to the supply of hydrocortisone tablets in…
Cartel Capers
Christopher Lischewski (the tuna guy) has per se appeal thrown back by Ninth Circuit
On December 3, 2019, after a four-week trial, Christopher Lischewski was found guilty by a jury of conspiring to fix prices in the canned tuna market in violation of 15 U.S.C.…
Cleary Antitrust Watch
ICA Accepts Commitments Offered by Parties To Alleged Anticompetitive Agreement in Scrap Automotive and Industrial Lead-acid Batteries Sector
On June 15, 2021, the Italian Competition Authority (the “ICA”) adopted a decision that made legally binding the commitments offered by certain companies active in the scrap lead-acid batteries sector,…
Food Safety News
Another indictment in nationwide conspiracy to fix chicken prices, rig bids
By News Desk
A federal grand jury in Denver has returned an indictment charging Norman W. Fries Inc., dba Claxton Poultry Farms (Claxton), headquartered in Claxton, GA, with participating in a nationwide conspiracy…
The Antitrust Attorney Blog
What Pandemic Changes Will Be Lasting and Affect Antitrust Practice?
By Bona Law PC
Author: Steven J. Cernak With the number of vaccinations rising and mask mandates going away, it appears that life might be heading back towards something like the “old normal.” But…
Employment Class Action Blog
Ninth Circuit Holds That District Court Must Weigh Evidence to Determine Rule 23(b) Predominance
By Greg Mersol
While statistical evidence has long been held to be probative on the issue of potential discrimination, it can also be tricky. Questions often abound regarding the collection of data used…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Debt, Control, and Collusion
The new wave of financial economics empirical scholarship has revitalized what had been theoretical discussions about the effects of common ownership in both economics and law. Common ownership within the…