Evidence, Antitrust Litigation, Class Action

Class Action Grounded: Court Finds Insufficient Factual Basis for Airline Capacity Constraint Suit

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP on 6/19/2025

The Ontario Superior Court recently refused to certify a class action against four international airlines. The plaintiff alleged that the airlines conspired to constrain capacity for transborder travel between the United...more

Raising the “Low Bar”: Plaintiffs Seek New Strategies to Prove Common Issues for Certification

Bennett Jones LLP on 5/27/2025

A plaintiff’s obligation to establish “some basis in fact” for a common issue is acknowledged as a low bar. Several Canadian appellate courts have, however, confirmed a “two-step test” as the standard analytical framework....more

Recent Third Circuit Opinion Reinforces That Daubert Requires Courts to Examine the Data Underlying an Expert’s Analysis

Montgomery McCracken on 2/13/2025

February 11, 2025 Types : Alerts Meta Platforms, Inc. recently defeated certification of a class of consumers who claim the company lied about its user privacy safeguards and violated antitrust laws. ...more

New York federal court denies class certification for antitrust plaintiffs for the second time on predominance grounds

Kilpatrick on 1/27/2025

For the second time, a New York federal district judge denied a motion for class certification filed by caustic soda purchasers, ruling that the plaintiffs had failed to meet the predominance requirement under Federal Rule of...more

JONES DAY TALKS®: Private Antitrust Litigation in France

Jones Day on 3/19/2021

Jones Day’s series on private enforcement actions relating to antitrust matters in Europe continues with a focus on recent developments in France. Partners Eric Barbier de La Serre and Ozan Akyurek discuss how proceedings...more

[Event] Wage The Battle To Win The War: Expert Challenges At Class Certification - September 24th, Chicago, Illinois

McDermott Will & Schulte on 9/6/2019

Certifying an antitrust class under Rule 23 has become a battle. In the last 20 years, courts have been changing the game around Rule 23 interpretation, and rigorous analysis at class certification has made briefing...more

[Webinar] How to Navigate the Antitrust Cartel Labyrinth - October 27th, 12:00p.m. EDT

Troutman Pepper Locke on 10/12/2016

Antitrust class action price-fixing claims are among the most costly corporate litigation your company or client can face. In many cases, plaintiffs seek to plead and prove the alleged cartel through alleged indirect...more

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