Asiana admitted fixing cargo and passenger prices on routes between Korea and the U.S.
The Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice announced today three new guilty pleas and $214 million in fines "for conspiring to fix prices in the air cargo industry."
The culpability-confessing carriers — Cargolux Airlines International S.A., Nippon Cargo Airlines
Companies that set up mutual funds — outfits like Fidelity, Vanguard, and Oppenheimer — also "advise" the funds on their investments. People who buy shares in a mutual fund pay a fee for the advisory services. And these folks depend on the fund's board of directors to hold the fee at a reasonable level.
Almost 60 years ago,lack of
Today the Eleventh Circuit vacated a class certification order after finding "numerous flaws, both procedural and substantive" in the district court's analysis. Vega v. T-Mobile USA Inc., No. 07-13864 (11th Cir. Apr. 7, 2009).
Blawgletter sees nothing remarkable in the basic decision. The plaintiff, Henry Vega, made quite the hash of his basic claim
A Ninth Circuit panel split 2-1 on whether a California wholesale buyer of clean-burning CARB gasoline alleged a viable claim under section 1 of the Sherman Act. (CARB seems to stand for California Air Resources Board.)
The wholesaler accused major oil producers of tying up their refinery capacity by entering into "bilateral exchange agreements" – 44 of them. It also asserted
On March 26, Chief Justice John Roberts transmitted to Congress a slew of revisions to four different sets of federal procedural rules. By their terms and under the Rules Enabling Act, the changes will take effect December 1, 2009 – unless the House and Senate pass legislation invalidating them.
Blawgletter glanced at one group — those affecting the Federal Rules of
The Chalks alleged a T-Mobile wireless card wouldn't work in their ThinkPad.
The Ninth Circuit yesterday reversed dismissal of a putative consumer class action. The decision turned on whether a class arbitration waiver in a subscriber contract violated principles of unconscionability under Oregon law. The court held it did. Chalk v. T-Mobile USA, Inc.
May manufacturers, consistently with section 1 of the Sherman Act, instruct distributors that they must charge their customers no less than $X for the manufacturers' products?
The Searle Civil Justice Institute at the Northwestern University School of Law has issued a Preliminary Report on "Consumer Arbitration Before the American Arbitration Association". The basic finding? That consumer arbitration works reasonably well — at least in cases that manage to complete the process.
Blawgletter hasn't studied the 139-pager in detail but do note
Three liquid crystal display manufacturers pleaded guilty last November to charges that they conspired to fix prices on LCD panels. Yesterday, the Antitrust Division announced that a fourth company, Hitachi Displays, Ltd., also "agreed to plead guilty and pay a $31 million fine for its role in a conspiracy to fix prices in the sale
U.S. District Judge Christopher C. Conner today declined to dismiss federal antitrust claims against the world's largest makers of confectionery chocolate. His Honor did remove certain common law and consumer protection claims from the mix and deferred ruling on challenges to personal jurisdiction pending discovery into foreign defendants' contacts with the U.S. In re Chocolate Confectionary Antitrust Litig., No. 1:08-MDL-1935