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Antitrust: Antitrust suit was filed too late
Where a freight railroad company alleged defendants violated the Sherman Act, but the allegedly anticompetitive conduct occurred in 2009 and 2010, and the suit wasn’t filed until 2018, the suit […]
Antitrust: Competitor claims Duke Energy engaged in anticompetitive conduct
Where the district court held an energy corporation engaged in legitimate competition to retain business, but there was evidence the company’s conduct was aimed to achieve anticompetitive ends, summary judgment […]
Antitrust: Sherman Act claims dismissed as untimely
Where plaintiffs alleged that defendants entered into an “unwritten gentlemen’s agreement” to not recruit others’ employees, in violation of the Sherman Act, but they did not file suit within the […]
4th Cir.: Filed nearly a decade late, collusion claim dismissed
When the Department of Justice published in the Federal Register a group effort by table saw manufacturers to develop a new safety component, a company already marketing such a component […]
Class Certification – Patent Protection
American Sales Company, LLC, on behalf of itself and all other similary situated, v. Pfizer, Inc., et al. (VLW 017-3-430, 36pp.) (Douglas E. Miller, J.) 2:14cv361; E.D. Va. Motion to […]
Manufacturer Knew About Boycott in Antitrust Claim
A company that developed and licensed its Active Injury Mitigation Technology (AIMT) for table saws cannot assert fraudulent concealment to avoid the four-year statute of limitations on its antitrust claims […]
Saw Company Group Boycott Claim Survives
Plaintiff table-saw manufacturer states an antitrust claim by alleging defendant manufacturers voted to engage in a group boycott of plaintiff’s “active injury mitigation technology” in an effort to reduce their […]
High cost no bar to class arbitration waiver
Merchants who wanted to use a class action to sue a credit-card company for antitrust violations cannot cite the expense of individual arbitration to avoid a class-action waiver clause, the […]
Dental Board Action Violates Antitrust Law
A state agency that regulates the practice of dentistry cannot overturn a Federal Trade Commission decision that the agency’s efforts to shut down teeth-whitening services performed by non-dentists constituted unfair […]
No Antitrust Claims for Service Station Owners
In this case from Alexandria U.S. District Court, defendant lessors of gasoline dealerships to plaintiff service stations win summary judgment on plaintiffs’ antitrust claims as well as their claims for […]
Brokers Sued Over MLS Operation
The 4th Circuit says plaintiff buyers of real estate brokerage services in South Carolina have stated an antitrust claim under the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1, with allegations that […]
DuPont Win in Monopolization Case
In this lengthy litigation between DuPont and Kolon Industries over trade secrets and confidential information concerning para-aramid fiber, a Richmond U.S. District Court grants summary judgment to DuPont on Kolon’s […]
Legal Tech
- A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR : New dedicated coverage of tech challenges facing law firms and legal departments
- Gemini Legal launches DraftEngine for civil litigation forms
- Lawyers continue to grapple with AI ethical issues
Verdicts & Settlements
- Medical Malpractice – Death from cancer followed stomach pain misdiagnosis
- Workers’ Compensation – Seasonal worker paralyzed in tobacco baler accident
- Medical Malpractice – Jurors side with doctor in suit over rescue surgery
- Motor Vehicle Negligence – Unicycle rider dies after being hit by car
- Premises Liability – Delivery driver injured by porch decking collapse
Opinion Digests
- Criminal – Allen charge wasn’t abuse of discretion
- Evidence – Expert’s exclusion from trial deemed harmless
- Parent and child – Mother held in contempt for violating visitation order
- Criminal – Court refuses to continue trial despite missing witness
- Criminal – Meth defendant wasn’t entitled to sentencing safety valve
- Tort – Comments about plaintiff were protected opinions
- Real Property – Condo unit owner challenges expansion plans
