Work Area: Private Antitrust Litigation

Apple does not need to disclose more than 120,000 UK customer complaints as part of a proposed class action seeking damages against the company for the use of malfunctioning batteries in iPhones, the country’s specialist competition tribunal has said.

29 August 2023

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has reinstated allegations that McDonald’s illegally restricted hiring at its franchises, recommending that a lower court allow former employees to pursue their lawsuit as a per se violation of US antitrust law.

29 August 2023

Featured in Americas Antitrust Review 2024

Two Ninth Circuit cases address whether Rule 23 prohibits the certification of classes that include more than a de minimis number of uninjured class members. The court’s drastically different rulings have focused attention on the application of the FRCP to class actions and antitrust enforcement more generally.

25 August 2023

Featured in Americas Antitrust Review 2024

The Biden administration is turning up the heat on anti-competitive activity in the employment space, promoting federal agency rulemaking to curtail perceived harmful practices.

25 August 2023

Featured in Americas Antitrust Review 2024

New legislation and legal challenges in the life sciences industry are yielding a plethora of cases – specifically in regard to reverse-payment and product-hopping – grabbing the attention of leading producers and everyday consumers.

25 August 2023

Nippon Chemi-Con and its subsidiary United Chemi-Con have agreed to pay €14.5 million to settle two separate Canadian class action claims.

24 August 2023

Police gear manufacturer Axon has illegally ensured its dominance in the markets for body cameras and electroshock weapons since purchasing its “closest and only viable competitor”, a New Jersey township has alleged.

24 August 2023

Bumble Bee Foods’ private equity backer may be liable for damages resulting from its role in a conspiracy to fix canned tuna prices, a federal judge in California has said.

22 August 2023

A class of cattle ranchers failed to show that they have antitrust standing to bring price-fixing allegations against four major US meatpackers, a federal judge in Minnesota has said.

21 August 2023

Daimler has settled UK follow-on damages claims brought by five claimants seeking compensation from the EU trucks cartel.

17 August 2023