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Aftermarket Autoparts Manufacturers Lose Bid To Stop Antitrust Class Action

				
Posted  09/21/12
								

				 
								 				Taiwanese manufacturers of aftermarket auto parts will have to continue litigating an antitrust class action as a result of the denial of their motion to dismiss the second amended complaint in Fond Du Lac Bumper Exchange Inc. v. Jui Li Enterprise Co. Ltd. et al.

Judge Lynn Adelman of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin rejected the arguments of defendants Taiwan Kai Yih Industrial Co.,...				 
				 					 

						
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Court Finds Musical Instrument Antitrust Claims Out Of Tune Under Twombly

				
Posted  09/18/12
								

				 
								 				Judge Larry Burns of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California has granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ antitrust claim under Section One of the Sherman Act in In re: National Association of Music Merchants, Musical Instruments and Equipment Antitrust Litigation.

The plaintiffs alleged that defendants conspired to fix the prices of acoustic, electric and bass guitars, and...				 
				 					 

						
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Court Rejects Comcast Bid To Shuttle High-Speed Antitrust Claims Into Arbitration

				
Posted  09/14/12
								

				 
								 				Judge Stefan Underhill of the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut has rejected Comcast Corp.’s bid to force antitrust claims in a putative class action into arbitration, despite the plaintiff’s signing of an arbitration clause in a subscriber agreement.

In denying Comcast’s motion to compel arbitration in Fromer v. Comcast Corp., the court found the class action waiver clause in Comcast’s...				 
				 					 

						
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U.S. Soccer Federation Scores Summary Judgment On Antitrust Claims

				
Posted  09/12/12
								

				 
								 				Judge Harry Leinenweber of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois has granted the United States Soccer Federation and Major League Soccer summary judgment on antitrust claims that they conspired to drive promotion company ChampionsWorld out of business.

The U.S. Soccer Federation represents American soccer on the international scale through the U.S. Olympic Committee and the Fédération...				 
				 					 

						
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Mobile Phone Companies Ask Court To Hang Up On Texters

				
Posted  09/7/12
								

				 
								 				Defendants in In re A2P SMS Antitrust Litigation are asking the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to dismiss antitrust claims alleging that mobile phone companies conspired with wireless providers to control the price of application-to-person messaging.

Club Texting, Inc., iSpeedbuy LLC and Textpower, Inc. filed an antitrust class action against AT&T Mobility LLC, Verizon Wireless LLC,...				 
				 					 

						
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Internet Adult Entertainment Antitrust Suit Passes Scrutiny

				
Posted  09/4/12
								

				 
								 				The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and ICM Registry, the sole operator of the .XXX domain name registry, are going to have to continue litigating antitrust claims brought by adult filmmaker Digital Playground Inc. and Manwin Licensing International SARL.

Judge Phillip S. Gutierrez of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California is permitting plaintiffs in Manwin...				 
				 					 

						
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Simon Says Mall Monopolization Claims Should Be Tossed

				
Posted  08/28/12
								

				 
								 				Shopping mall giant Simon Property Group, Inc. on Friday asked a federal court in Indiana to dismiss antitrust claims brought by competitor Gumwood HP Shopping Partners, claiming that a magistrate judge misapplied federal antitrust law in recommending that Simon’s motion to dismiss be denied.

Simon claims that Magistrate Judge Christopher A. Nuechterlein of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of...				 
				 					 

						
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Pool Corp. Asks Court To Throw Antitrust Claims Into The Deep End

				
Posted  08/21/12
								

				 
								 				Pool Corp., the largest distributor of swimming pool supplies in the U.S., has filed a motion in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana to dismiss class action antitrust claims, arguing that the complaint fails to state a claim.

Plaintiffs allege that Pool Corp. entered into illegal agreements with three different manufacturers: Pentair Water Pool and Spa, Hayward Industries, and Zodiac Pool...				 
				 					 

						
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Federal Judge Hangs Up On Apple’s Smartphone Antitrust Claims

				
Posted  08/17/12
								

				 
								 				Judge Barbara B. Crabb of the Western District of Wisconsin has granted Motorola Mobility Inc. partial summary judgment on antitrust counterclaims that Apple Inc. has been asserting against Motorola in the patent infringement case of Apple Inc. v. Motorola Mobility Inc.

The case stems from Apple’s release of the iPhone in 2005 without first seeking a license for the use of 3G technology developed and patented by...				 
				 					 

						
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Variable Prices Save Wholesale Retailers From Grocers’ Class Action Claims

				
Posted  08/8/12
								

				 
								 				Finding pricing issues too variable for common treatment, a federal court has denied grocery stores’ motion for class certification of their customer allocation claims against wholesale retailers SUPERVALU and C&S.

The plaintiffs in the In re: Wholesale Grocery Products Antitrust Litigation are retail grocers who allege that defendants SUPERVALU and C&S – two of the largest grocery product wholesalers in the...				 
				 					 

						
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