Antitrust
Geisinger, Evangelical Community No-Poach Agreement Class Action
This class action takes issue with a no-poach agreement allegedly made between Geisinger Health and Evangelical Community Hospital in central Pennsylvania. The complaint alleges that the no-poach agreement reduced competition for healthcare workers in the area and suppressed mobility and wages in that market. Read moreAntitrust
Facebook and Google Secret Advertising Agreement Antitrust Class Action
Digital advertising is big business now, expected to total $198 billion in 2021. The complaint for this antitrust class action brings suit against Facebook, Inc. and Google, LLC (along with its parent company, Alphabet, Inc.), saying that the two should be vigorous competitors for advertising yet claiming that they are not. The case centers on Read moreAntitrust
Crop Input Makers, Wholesalers, and Retailers Antitrust Class Action
“Crop inputs” include both seeds and crop protection products, such as fungicides, herbicides, and insecticides. This antitrust class action brings suit against a group of manufacturer defendants—Bayer CropScience, Inc., Corteva, Inc., Syngenta Corporation, and BASF Corporation—and two other groups of wholesaler and retailer defendants, alleging the companies “have established a secretive distribution process that keeps Read moreAntitrust
Google Anticompetitive Actions and Agreement with Facebook Antitrust Class Action
Google, LLC has become overwhelmingly powerful in the online advertising market. It has achieved this, says the complaint for this antitrust class action, through “control over the overwhelming amount of advertising sold on its advertising exchange…” and now takes anticompetitive action to prevent competition—in particular, the complaint says, through an agreement with its biggest potential Read moreAntitrust
GameStop Short Sellers Conspiracy to Stop Retail Buyers Antitrust Class Action
What was all that about GameStop trades? This antitrust class action centers on that story, bringing suit on behalf of small retail investors against a long list of defendants—brokerages, funds, and clearinghouses—with familiar names, such as Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, E*Trade, Robinhood, TD Ameritrade, and Charles Schwab. The complaint alleges that individual investors “were stripped Read moreNews, Antitrust
National Association of Realtors Buyer’s Agent Antitrust Class Action
An antitrust case against realtors? The complaint for this class action claims that the National Association of Realtors (NAR) has combined with a number of broker companies, such as Realogy Holdings Corp., Re/Max, LLC, and Keller Williams Realty, Inc., to monopolize their market. They do this, the complaint says, by requiring adherence to NAR’s “rules, Read moreAntitrust
Amazon Anticompetitive Agreements and E-Book Prices Class Action
According to one source, Amazon.com, Inc. accounts for more than 75% of the e-books sold in the US as of September 2020. The complaint in this antitrust class action alleges that Amazon has used its dominant position to restrain price competition in the “trade book” digital book market. Trade books include fiction and nonfiction for Read moreAntitrust
Broiler Chicken Integrators Grow-Out Services Antitrust Class Action
This antitrust and unfair competition class action brings suit against eleven “vertically-integrated” broiler chicken grower companies under the Tyson, Pilgrim’s Pride, Perdue, Koch, and Sanderson Farms names. The complaint describes these companies as a cartel that has, since at least 2008, conspiring so as “not to compete for Broiler Grow-Out Services, with the purpose and Read moreAntitrust
Pinergy MLS Anticompetitive Buyer-Broker Commission Rules Class Action
MLS Property Information Network, Inc. (MLS PIN) owns Pinergy, said by some to be the seventh-largest multiple listing service (MLS) in the US, serving 41,000 real estate professionals in licensed in New England and New York. The complaint for this class action alleges that MLS PIN has engaged in anticompetitive behavior because home sellers must Read moreAntitrust
Google Monopoly on Android Mobile Apps Antitrust Class Action
Antitrust class actions are intended to keep consumers from paying excessive prices for goods or services as a result of monopolistic or tight control of specific markets. This case alleges that Google, LLC and its parent company, Alphabet, Inc. have taken actions to discourage competition in the market for Android mobile applications. Read moreAntitrust