Tag Archives: PriceFixing

LIBOR Over-the-Counter Plaintiffs Win Class Certification of Price-Fixing Claims Against Banks

Today, United States District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald in Manhattan issued LIBOR VII, in which the court granted class certification under Rule 23(b)(3) to a class of plaintiffs who bought over-the-counter instruments that paid interest in terms of the London Interbank … Continue reading

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Duking It Out in Antitrust Price-Fixing: Class Actions After Dukes

Posted by D. Daniel Sokol Jay Himes & William Reiss (Labaton & Sucharow) describe Duking It Out in Antitrust Price-Fixing: Class Actions After Dukes. ABSTRACT: n Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, the United States Supreme Court rejected class certification in… … Continue reading

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Closing the Chapter on the Coastwise Price-Fixing, Antitrust Charges against Major U.S. Shipper

Hat tip to a reader who sent two documents relating to the Horizon Coastwise Antitrust case. I posted about a parallel civil companion case here. The Department of Justice Press Release is here. The Sentencing Memorandum is here. Per the … Continue reading

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Playing Twom-bal: Seventh Circuit Upholds Price-Fixing Complaint

Do you text? You know — that typey thing you do with your mobile phone. Choose the number you want to send a message to, key in the words, hit send and — presto — the text goes over the … Continue reading

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