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February 21, 2020

Ploss, et al. v. Kraft Foods Group, Inc. et al., 15-cv-02937 (N.D. Ill.)

On February 21, 2020, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (The Honorable David F. Hamilton, The Honorable Amy C. Barrett and The Honorable Michael B. Brennan, Circuit Judges) entered an order denying Kraft’s petition to… More

February 13, 2020

Dennis et al v. JPMorgan Chase & Co. et al, 1:16-cv-06496-LAK-GWG

On February 13, 2020 the Honorable Lewis A. Kaplan denied the motion to dismiss on personal jurisdiction grounds made by Defendants Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, BNP Paribas, S.A., Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Deutsche Bank AG, Royal… More

January 3, 2020

Ploss, et al. v. Kraft Foods Group, Inc. et al., 15-cv-02937 (N.D. Ill.)

On January 3, 2020, the Honorable Edmond E. Chang granted Plaintiffs’ class certification motion, approving a Class consisting of all persons who or which: (a)   purchased a Board of Trade for the City of Chicago or Chicago Mercantile Exchange… More

September 13, 2019

In re Zinc Antitrust Litig., No. 14-cv-3728 (KBF) (S.D.N.Y.)

On September 13, 2019, the In re: Zinc Antitrust Litigation class action was re-assigned to the Honorable Paul A. Engelmayer. Plaintiffs allege that Defendants artificially inflated the prices of Special High Grade Zinc from September 14, 2010… More

September 11, 2019

In re Aluminum Warehousing Antitrust Litig., 13-md-2481, (S.D.N.Y.)

On August 27, 2019, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision (authored by the Honorable Pierre N. Leval) which vacated the dismissal of the First Level Purchasers (“FLPs”) claims that Defendants combined, conspired, and agreed to… More

September 4, 2019

In re LIBOR-Based Financial Instruments Antitrust Litigation. No. 11-md-2262 (NRB) (S.D.N.Y.)

On September 4, 2019, the Honorable Naomi Reice Buchwald (in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York) issued an order preliminarily approving the Exchange-Based Plaintiffs’ proposed plan of distribution for… More