November 29, 2011
Shipping giant Horizon Lines Inc. has reached an almost $14 million settlement with the remaining opt-outs of an antitrust class action that alleged a price-fixing conspiracy for freight services between the U.S. and Puerto Rico, the latest in years of civil and criminal litigation, Horizon said Tuesday.
September 13, 2011
A federal judge on Tuesday granted final approval to $66 million in settlements resolving a class of direct purchasers' claims that several companies fixed prices for freight services between the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and awarded class counsel more than $15 million in fees.
January 18, 2011
A federal judge declined Tuesday to reopen the period for opting in or out of the settlement class in a suit accusing shipping companies of anti-competition conspiracy in the market for freight services between the U.S. and Puerto Rico.
December 20, 2010
A direct purchaser of Puerto Rican freight services has asked for specific information about fellow class members that it said would help with its objection to the roughly $25 million in attorneys' fees being sought by class counsel.
December 08, 2010
A federal judge has requested more information about attorneys' fees before approving $52.3 million in settlements that were reached in a multidistrict litigation accusing several shipping companies of conspiring to eliminate competition in the market for freight services between the U.S. and Puerto Rico.
November 02, 2010
A federal judge has refused to grant Horizon Lines LLC's bid for judgment as a matter of law in its contract dispute with Xpress Freight Forwarders Inc., which has been consolidated with multidistrict litigation alleging a conspiracy in the market for freight services between the U.S. and Puerto Rico.
October 13, 2010
Certain direct purchasers are requesting a drastic cut in attorneys' fees for the plaintiffs' firms that litigated a class action accusing shipping companies of conspiring to eliminate competition in the market for freight services between the U.S. and Puerto Rico.
July 28, 2010
Sea Star Line LLC has agreed to pay $18.5 million to settle direct purchasers' claims in multidistrict litigation accusing the shipping company and its rivals of conspiring to eliminate competition in the market for freight services between the U.S. and Puerto Rico.
May 05, 2010
Trailer Bridge Inc. has been dismissed from multidistrict litigation alleging the shipping company and its rivals conspired to eliminate competition in the market for freight services between the U.S. and Puerto Rico, the company said Wednesday.
January 20, 2010
Crowley Maritime Corp. has agreed to pay $13.75 million to resolve claims against it in the antitrust multidistrict litigation alleging the shipping company and its rivals conspired to eliminate competition in the market for freight services between the U.S. and Puerto Rico, according to attorneys for the plaintiffs.