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A class action is a type of legal action where a representative individual or group of individuals can bring a claim on behalf of a larger group or class who share a common legal interest.
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Fourth Circuit Affirms Denial Of Class Certification In Coupon Services Price Fixing Case

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On February 12, 2025, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the decision of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina not to grant class certification in a 17-year-old lawsuit accusing...more

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Three Reasons Companies Need Customized Antitrust Compliance Programs Now

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Antitrust compliance programs that are tailored to a company’s culture, line of business, and competitive conditions have long been worth their weight in gold. But as 2022 draws to a close, a looming economic slowdown and an...more

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Ninth Circuit Clarifies Class Certification Standards in Antitrust Appeal

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The Ninth Circuit approved use of statistical analysis that relies on averaging but reversed class certification because the district court failed to resolve whether more than a de minimis number of putative class members...more

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D.C. Circuit Affirms Denial Of Class Certification Where Damages Model Showed That Some Class Members May Have Suffered No Injury

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On August 16, the D.C. Circuit held in a high-profile antitrust MDL involving railroad shippers that the plaintiffs failed to satisfy Rule 23(b)(3)’s predominance requirement because their expert’s damages model calculated...more

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Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co.

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On April 24, 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States will hear arguments on the issue of whether a court may exercise independent review of the meaning of a foreign country’s domestic law, or whether a court is “bound to...more

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US Supreme Court To Consider Degree of Deference Courts Should Give Foreign Countries' Interpretation of Their Laws

On January 12, 2018, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari in Animal Science Products v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. (In re Vitamin C Antitrust Litigation), No. 16-1220. The issue before the Supreme Court is...more

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High Court Grants Certiorari in Vitamin C Antitrust Litigation

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On Friday, January 12, 2018, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear the appeal of two Vitamin C purchasers in what has become known as In re: Vitamin C Antitrust Litigation. Appellants are seeking to overturn a 2016...more

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Supreme Court Seeks Input of United States in International Price-Fixing Case - Request Could Signal Intent to Review Second...

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The U.S. Supreme Court on June 26, 2017, took the somewhat unusual step of inviting the Acting Solicitor General to express the views of the United States regarding Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome...more

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No Use Crying Over Settled Claims?: Second Circuit Affirms Approval of Dairy Farmers’ Settlement

This week, the Second Circuit affirmed the approval of a $50 million agreement settling price-fixing claims brought by a class of farmers against a dairy cooperative and a dairy marketing company. The settlement in Allen et...more

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Third Circuit Remands Class Certification Ruling in Blood Reagents Price-Fixing Case

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On Wednesday, April 8, 2015, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a district court’s order certifying a class of direct purchasers of blood reagents in a price-fixing suit against Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Inc. In re...more

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