12 results for 'cat:"Antitrust" AND cat:"Jurisdiction"'.
J. Wood largely grants a group of realtor associations’ motion to dismiss an antitrust class action brought by a class of home buyers. The home buyers accuse the realtor associations of conspiring with a brokerage firm to illegally affect price competition among real estate brokers, resulting in the home buyers paying illegally high commission rates for their retained brokers. The court, however, finds it lacks jurisdiction over one of the realtor associations, and rules the class representative has not sufficiently alleged Sherman Act violations. The class’s unjust enrichment claims stand.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Wood, Filed On: February 20, 2024, Case #: 1:21cv430, NOS: Antitrust - Other Suits, Categories: antitrust, jurisdiction, Class Action
J. Subramanian finds that the district court improperly dismissed class claims contending Mexican branches of multinational banks engaged in price-fixing on government bonds sold to U.S. retirement funds because while actual pricing occurred in Mexico, nonparty broker-dealers facilitated sales from New York.
Court: 2nd Circuit, Judge: Subramanian, Filed On: February 9, 2024, Case #: 22-2039-cv, Categories: antitrust, Securities, jurisdiction
J. Docherty denies the meat purchasers' joint motions for substitution of plaintiff in their case against the meat producers alleging a price-fixing scheme. Assigning the purchasers' claims to a company created by the entity financing the purchasers' litigation, apparently in an effort to bypass the purchasers while allowing the financier to pursue their claims as it sees fit, is "different from any other case to which the Court's attention has been directed by the parties," and the doctrine of antitrust standing weighs against the substitution.
Court: USDC Minnesota, Judge: Docherty, Filed On: February 9, 2024, Case #: 0:18cv1776, NOS: Antitrust - Other Suits, Categories: antitrust, jurisdiction
Per curiam, the circuit grants Volkswagen's request for a writ of mandamus after the district court improperly denied its motion to dismiss an antitrust suit. Contrary to the district court's finding, the doctrine of forum non conveniens is applicable to antitrust actions. Vacated.
Court: 5th Circuit, Judge: Per curiam, Filed On: November 21, 2023, Case #: 23-40487, Categories: antitrust, jurisdiction
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[Consolidated.] J. Africk grants summary judgment to a New Orleans-based nonprofit health system and a national for-profit health care corporation, finding that their recent sales transaction of three hospitals is exempt from federal antitrust laws. There is no genuine dispute of material fact in this case, and the hospitals are entitled to judgment as a matter of law.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Louisiana , Judge: Africk, Filed On: September 27, 2023, Case #: 2:23cv1305, NOS: Antitrust - Other Suits, Categories: antitrust, Agency, jurisdiction
J. Tunheim grants the beef packers' motion to dismiss the ranchers' complaint in this putative class action alleging price-fixing in cattle markets. The ranchers have not established antitrust standing for the purposes of their Sherman Act and Packers and Stockyards Act claims, nor for relevant state antitrust and consumer protection claims. The ranchers have not clearly explained how the alleged price-fixing scheme injured them.
Court: USDC Minnesota, Judge: Tunheim, Filed On: August 17, 2023, Case #: 0:22cv2903, NOS: Antitrust - Other Suits, Categories: antitrust, jurisdiction, Class Action
J. Menendez grants the distributor's motion to dismiss three of the Japanese automaker's American subsidiary's claims against it in a suit alleging that it unlawfully sells replacement parts for the automaker's vehicles, but denies its motion for joinder of the automaker itself. The distributor's motion is not untimely and since the subsidiary is not the owner of the trademarks at issue in its trademark claims, it does not have standing to bring them. The automaker, however, is not a necessary party for the subsidiary's remaining claims, and there is not substantial risk of serial litigation created by the joinder denial.
Court: USDC Minnesota, Judge: Menendez, Filed On: August 14, 2023, Case #: 0:22cv1681, NOS: Trademark - Property Rights, Categories: antitrust, jurisdiction
J. Gonzales mostly declines to dismiss for failure to state a claim a convoluted lawsuit centered around credit default swap auctions, a type of financial agreement in which the seller agrees to pay the buyer in the event of a corporate or municipal default on bonds. A group of “quasi-state funds” sued several parties involved in these arrangements, arguing they had “conspired to manipulate” these auctions “in an anticompetitive manner,” whereas those parties argued the case should be dismissed for a variety of reasons, including a lack of standing and the statute of limitations. While some of those parties can be dismissed from this case because they’ve shown that this court lacks jurisdiction over them, the case overall can proceed.
Court: USDC New Mexico, Judge: Gonzales, Filed On: June 5, 2023, Case #: 1:21cv606, NOS: Antitrust - Other Suits, Categories: antitrust, jurisdiction, Banking / Lending