A "Monster Of Complexity" - Certification Denied In DRAM Price-Fixing Cases.
The B.C. Supreme Court recently refused to make what would have been the first-ever contested certification order in a class action brought on behalf of indirect and direct purchasers in a Canadian price-fixing case. The plaintiff sought to certify a class action on behalf of B.C. residents who had...

LG Display, Sharp, Chunghwa to Plead Guilty in Price-Fixing.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-15 November 2008-LG Display, Sharp, Chunghwa to Plead Guilty in Price-Fixing(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Three electronics manufacturers, LG Display, Sharp, and Chunghwa Picture Tubes, have agreed to plead guilty and pay a total of $585 million in criminal fines for their roles in conspiracies to...

Lawsuit Against Venezuela-owned Citgo Petroleum Seeks End to Anticompetitive Price Fixing of Petroleum Products Sold by Citgo in the U.S.
Suit Strikes at the Role Played by Venezuela to Support OPEC Manipulation of Oil Prices in the U.S. WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- A federal price-fixing lawsuit was filed late Monday against Citgo Petroleum Incorporated on behalf of a class of plaintiffs who purchase gasoline, asphalt, lubricants,...

Shareholder Class Action Filed Against Horizon Lines, Inc. by the Law Firm of Barroway Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check, LLP.
RADNOR, Pa., Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The following statement was issued today by the law firm of Barroway Topaz Kessler Meltzer & Check, LLP: Notice is hereby given that a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware on...

From Top of the Heap to Prison Cell: Mark Whitacre, the Man Behind Matt Damon's Movie Character, Shares His Story at SupplyExpo/Natural Products Expo West 2009.
BOULDER, Colo., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Two years after his release from jail, Mark Whitacre will stand before the natural products industry at SupplyExpo (http://www.supplyexpo.com/) and tell how his life dramatically changed from a top-level industry executive to a whistleblower and ultimately a Federal prison inmate. This exclusive keynote...

Leading Plaintiffs Attorney Richard Schiffrin Joins Grant & Eisenhofer.
Founder and former named partner from Schiffrin Barroway brings distinguished record of recoveries in major securities, consumer, antitrust and other litigation; Arrives as G&E pursues Madoff claims NEW YORK, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Grant & Eisenhofer announced that Richard S. Schiffrin, one of the country's pre-eminent plaintiffs'...

Crowell & Moring Adds Antitrust and Securities Litigation Partner Daniel Edelman in New York.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce the addition of partner Daniel D. Edelman to the firm's Commercial Litigation Group in New York. A seasoned litigator with extensive experience representing clients in antitrust and securities cases, Edelman's move enhances Crowell & Moring's ongoing...

Cigarette Cartel, Pharma Pricing- Recent UK Antitrust Rulings.
In the United Kingdom there have been two recent significant developments in respect of cartel activity. On Friday 11 July, Mr Justice Pitchford quashed an indictment alleging price fixing against five pharmaceutical companies and nine executives. On the same date, Gallaher and five retailers agreed to pay [pounds]132 million...

EU & Competition Law News - 8 October, 2008.
In this issue: Competition: Commission fines wax producers EUR 676 million for price fixing and market sharing cartel Competition: Commission publishes document setting out provisions on international relations in competition policy Competition: Commission requests Slovakia to re-open competition in the hybrid mail sector...

British Airways ... Not The OFT's Favourite Airline!
The Office of Fair Trading ("OFT") confirmed yesterday that four individuals are to be prosecuted for their alleged role in the British Airways price fixing probe. This announcement comes hot on the heels of the UK's first price-fixing prosecution in June of this year - this saw...