Collusion and Price Fixing

Illinois LCD Flat Screen Defect Class Action

The plaintiffs in this lawsuit claim that the Defendants conspired to fix, raise, maintain or stabilize prices of TFT-LCD Flat Panels resulting in overcharges to consumers who bought products containing the TFT-LCD Flat Panels in Illinois between January 1, 1998 and December 31, 2006.   Read more

Adderall XR Availability Class Action Settlement

The plaintiffs in this case allege that Shire U.S., Inc. engaged in actions to limit the availability of Adderall XR by filing false patents, filing a sham citizens' petition, entering into agreements with generic drug manufacturers, creating a shortage of generic versions by providing less than agreed to, and paying higher rebates to managed care  Read more

Cipro California Antitrust Class Action Settlement

The plaintiffs in this case allege that Bayer AG, Barr Laboratories, Inc., Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc., Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and the Rugby Group, Inc. violated antitrust and consumer protection laws by agreeing not to compete with each other and keeping lower-cost generic versions of Cipro off the market in California.  Cipro is an antibiotic drug  Read more

Cable TV of East Alabama Set-Top Box Class Action Settlement

Plaintiffs in this lawsuit allege that CTVEA, the only cable service provider in the area, requires residential premium cable subscribers to lease one of its set-top boxes as a condition for receiving the full value of services for which they pay.  The plaintiff argues that this constitutes and unlawful tying arrangement that violates Section 1  Read more

Optical Disk Drive Antitrust Class Action Settlement

FURTHER UPDATE: The final hearing date was moved to September 14, 2017. The final date to file a claim is now October 30, 2017 UPDATE: Three additional companies have settled in this case, including (i) Koninklijke Philips N.V., Lite-On IT Corporation, Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions Corporation, Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions U.S.A., Inc.; (ii) Pioneer  Read more

Egg Donor Price-Fixing Class Action Settlement

The American Society for Reproductive Medicine and the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology are two entities manage the cultivation of human eggs for reproductive purposes. This lawsuit alleges that these two entities violated federal anti-trust laws by fixing the price they would pay women for their human eggs.  Read more

First American Title Insurance Settlement

This case alleges that First American violated the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act by purchasing ownerhip interests in title insurance agencies and obtaining agreements from such agencies to refer title insurance business exclusively to First American Title Insurance Company.  This case has two separate classes.  This page is for the settlement class which includes individuals  Read more

First American Title Insurance Settlement (Tower City Class)

This case alleges that First American violated the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act by purchasing ownerhip interests in title insurance agencies and obtaining agreements from such agencies to refer title insurance business exclusively to First American Title Insurance Company.  This case has two separate classes.  This page is for members of the Tower City Class.  Read more

NFL, DirecTV Antitrust Class Action Lawsuit

This antitrust class action alleges the existence of an anticompetitive agreement between DirecTV and the National Football League whereby the NFL provided DirecTV with the exclusive right to show live broadcasts of Sunday afternoon games out of market in the form of its NFL Sunday Ticket. Plaintiffs allege that this arrangement provides DirecTV with a  Read more