Collective actions - Global Competition Review

T-Mobile seeks to appeal against survival of AT&T and Verizon customer suit

T-Mobile has said that allowing a proposed class of AT&T and Verizon customers to challenge its merger with Sprint would upend settled standards for bringing antitrust claims.

30 November 2023

United States: Class actions – litigation, policy and latest developments

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22 November 2023

CAT communications ban is not a “gagging order”, ro-ro class representative argues

The UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal was right to block unsupervised communication between defendants and class members in a roll-on, roll-off collective action, counsel to the class representative has argued.

16 November 2023

CAT dismisses “premature” voluntary disclosure request in car shipping claim

The UK’s specialist competition tribunal has rejected a request by defendants in the roll-on, roll-off collective proceedings to send voluntary disclosure letters to certain class members, ruling that such an approach puts “the cart before the horse”.

15 November 2023

“Economists instrumental in Robinson-Patman cases” – BRG counters response on economic implications of Robinson-Patman Act

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While it is agreed that qualitative proof is vital to provide support for a price discrimination case, rigorous economic analysis is increasingly essential in Robinson-Patman cases.

06 November 2023