Work Area: Private Antitrust Litigation

Counsel steering a £480 million class action against Qualcomm have urged the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal to allow the disclosure of findings and decisions by foreign courts and antitrust enforcers at trial.

13 January 2023

National courts must have the power to order disclosure in antitrust litigation that has been suspended while a competition enforcer probes the same conduct, the European Court of Justice has ruled.

13 January 2023

Mastercard has argued there is no justification for the UK’s specialist competition tribunal to deprive the company of its limitation defence rights in Walter Merricks’ £17 billion class action lawsuit.

13 January 2023

The UK’s specialist competition tribunal has allowed Walter Merricks to allege Mastercard deliberately concealed facts in a multi-billion pound interchange fee class action, as the claimant seeks to fend off arguments his lawsuit is time-barred.

12 January 2023

Four major news organisations have conspired with a slew of large technology companies to eliminate competition for online news, a group of anti-vaccine publishers has alleged.

12 January 2023

A California federal court has rejected gasoline purchasers’ claims that the largest US oil companies conspired to take advantage of a global petroleum pricing crisis by restricting their output and raising prices.

11 January 2023

A federal judge has allowed a class of cell phone purchasers to pursue allegations that Qualcomm closed off the market for certain modem chips through exclusive contracts in violation of California law.

10 January 2023

The world Olympic swimming organisation has the right to demand that its members obtain its approval before participating in independent competitions hosted by other professional leagues, a federal judge has ruled.

10 January 2023

Mastercard is facing yet another interchange fee action in the UK as HM Revenue and Customs seeks damages from the credit company before the High Court of England and Wales.

09 January 2023

A roofing supply broker is hoping to receive about £1 million in compensation from two of the UK’s largest rolled lead roofing suppliers, whose two-year price-fixing and market-sharing conspiracy allegedly forced it into bankruptcy in 2017.

09 January 2023