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In re: Polyurethane Foam Antitrust Litigation

  1. November 13, 2014

    Cushioning Co. Forks Over $108M In Foam Price-Fixing MDL

    Cushioning product company Carpenter Co. agreed to pay $108 million in Ohio federal court Wednesday, to direct purchasers who've accused the company of scheming to fix the price of flexible polyurethane foam, which is used in goods like furniture and packaging.

  2. August 20, 2014

    Foam Antitrust Settlement Worth $40M, Furniture Co. Reveals

    Furniture components producer Leggett & Platt Inc. on Tuesday announced it will pay about $40 million to settle with a class of direct purchasers who accused it of conspiring to fix prices on flexible polyurethane foam.

  3. August 18, 2014

    Furniture Supplier Settles With Purchasers In Price-Fixing MDL

    Furniture components producer Leggett & Platt Inc. has agreed to settle with a class of direct purchasers who accused it of conspiring to fix prices on flexible polyurethane foam, according to a document filed Friday in Ohio federal court.

  4. August 12, 2014

    Arbitration 'Reluctantly' Ordered In Foam Price-Fixing MDL

    An Ohio federal judge on Tuesday "reluctantly" moved part of a class action accusing polyurethane foam manufacturers of orchestrating a price-fixing conspiracy into arbitration, because some direct buyers signed credit agreements containing arbitration clauses with manufacturer Mohawk Industries Inc.

  5. April 16, 2014

    Polyurethane Foam Buyers Win Class Cert. In Price-Fixing MDL

    An Ohio federal judge has certified classes of direct and indirect purchasers of polyurethane foam in multidistrict litigation accusing manufacturers of participating in a price-fixing conspiracy, holding that the classes met their requirements, according to documents filed Wednesday.

  6. September 17, 2012

    Foam Buyers Drop Otto Bock From Price-Fixing MDL

    Otto Bock Polyurethane Technologies Inc. was dropped Friday from proposed class actions in Ohio over an alleged conspiracy to fix prices for polyurethane foam, as part of a deal in which Otto Bock agreed to provide the foam-buyer plaintiffs with information about the industry.

  7. March 07, 2012

    Bankrupt Domfoam Settles Claims In Foam Antitrust MDL

    Direct purchasers accusing Domfoam International Inc. of participating in a price-fixing conspiracy agreed Wednesday to drop their claims against the bankrupt company in exchange for its cooperation against the remaining defendants in multidistrict litigation targeting polyurethane foam makers.

  8. January 23, 2012

    $15M Deal In Polyurethane Foam Antitrust MDL Gets Initial Nod

    An Ohio federal judge on Monday granted preliminary approval of a $15 million settlement between polyurethane foam makers and a putative class of consumer plaintiffs, despite the protests of several nonsettling defendants in the same multidistrict litigation.

  9. September 15, 2011

    Foam Cos. Lose 2nd Bid To Deflate Antitrust MDL

    An Ohio federal judge refused again Thursday to nix a multidistrict antitrust litigation against polyurethane foam manufacturers, rejecting the defendants' efforts to take the dispute over the court's interpretation of pleading standards to the Sixth Circuit.

  10. July 29, 2011

    Foam Makers Fight MDL Judge's Twombly, Iqbal Analysis

    Polyurethane foam manufacturers facing multidistrict antitrust litigation in Ohio federal court said Thursday that the Sixth Circuit should examine the lower court's decision to allow allegations from a government probe to satisfy civil antitrust pleading standards under Twombly and Iqbal.

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