http://www.law360.com/ Latest articles for organization: Arkema Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://www.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://www.law360.com/ http://www.law360.com/articles/133642 The European Union's antitrust watchdog has slapped 24 companies that produce chemicals used to make polyvinyl chloride products more heat resistant with a collective €173.9 million ($259 million) in fines for alleged price-fixing in the market for tin and heat stabilizers. http://www.law360.com/articles/133642 http://www.law360.com/articles/126760 The Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruling in Irving Paper Ltd. v. Atofina Chemicals Inc. will almost certainly be appealed. But at first blush, it will likely lead to more antitrust class proceedings in Canada in international conspiracy cases, particularly where there are parallel class proceedings in the United States, says Christopher Naudie of Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP. http://www.law360.com/articles/126760 http://www.law360.com/articles/126106 An Ontario judge has certified a class of direct and indirect purchasers in a price-fixing action against hydrogen peroxide makers, the first time class certification has been granted in an antitrust case in Canada and moving against a federal appeals court decision in the U.S. overturning class certification in hydrogen peroxide litigation. http://www.law360.com/articles/126106 http://www.law360.com/articles/125989 Zidell Marine Corp. and two subsidiaries are demanding that the U.S. indemnify them or pay for a portion of the costs of cleaning up the contamination at an Oregon Superfund site if they are found liable in a suit brought by Chevron USA Inc. and others. http://www.law360.com/articles/125989 http://www.law360.com/articles/125379 A European court has kept in place €216.9 million ($317.6 million) in fines slapped on Dutch chemical company Akzo Nobel NV, France's Arkema and Germany's Hoechst AG after the companies appealed a European Commission ruling that they should fork over millions of euros in fines for allegedly fixing prices in the monochloroacetic acid market. http://www.law360.com/articles/125379 http://www.law360.com/articles/124552 A federal judge has granted final approval of a $15.1 million settlement to resolve multidistrict antitrust litigation accusing Imperial Chemical Industries PLC, Evonik Degussa Corp., Lucite International Inc. and Arkema Inc. of involvement in a conspiracy to fix and inflate the prices of methyl methacrylate and polymethyl methacrylate. http://www.law360.com/articles/124552 http://www.law360.com/articles/122788 Plaintiffs in a price-fixing suit against plastic additives makers have once again moved for class certification in the wake of a federal appeals court decision that revoked their class status the first time around. http://www.law360.com/articles/122788 http://www.law360.com/articles/120336 Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC has asked the court in charge of multidistrict hydrogen peroxide antitrust litigation to divvy up attorneys' fees — currently being held in escrow — between the firm and Hausfeld LLP, saying the firms have been unable to reach an agreement on how the funds should be allocated. http://www.law360.com/articles/120336 http://www.law360.com/articles/119783 Defendants in multidistrict litigation over alleged price-fixing by hydrogen peroxide manufacturers have moved to dismiss a complaint filed earlier this year by Kansas chemical company McShares Inc., saying that McShares' claims are time-barred. http://www.law360.com/articles/119783 http://www.law360.com/articles/117273 The judge overseeing Chemtura Corp.'s Chapter 11 proceedings has approved a $3 million settlement pact between Solvay SA and Chemtura under which the latter will drop its hydrogen peroxide price-fixing action against Solvay. http://www.law360.com/articles/117273 http://www.law360.com/articles/115278 Rohm & Haas Co., DuPont Co., Exxon Mobil Corp. and others have amended a lawsuit against aluminum hardware company Alumax Inc. over the cleanup of a New Jersey landfill in light of a 2007 U.S. Supreme Court decision that expanded the possible causes of action for plaintiffs under the Superfund law. http://www.law360.com/articles/115278 http://www.law360.com/articles/109455 A proposed class of indirect purchasers has withdrawn its claims in multidistrict litigation accusing Imperial Chemical Industries PLC and several other chemical companies of involvement in a conspiracy to fix and inflate the prices of methyl methacrylate and polymethyl methacrylate, bringing the litigation to a close. http://www.law360.com/articles/109455 http://www.law360.com/articles/107880 Chevron USA Inc. and ConocoPhillips Co., among others that have collectively paid about $70 million to clean up an Oregon Superfund site, are trying to get dozens of other companies that have allegedly dumped hazardous materials at the site to chip in for past and future costs. http://www.law360.com/articles/107880 http://www.law360.com/articles/105500 A judge will soon consider whether to give preliminary approval to a nearly $1 million proposed class action settlement in multidistrict litigation accusing chemical companies of involvement in a conspiracy to fix and inflate the prices of methyl methacrylate and polymethyl methacrylate. http://www.law360.com/articles/105500 http://www.law360.com/articles/103269 More environmental law cases are expected as Superfund-like regimes and hazardous waste regulatory systems have been adopted around the globe and we are starting to see tougher enforcement of the same, especially in the European Union, says Eric Rothenberg, director of O’Melveny & Myers LLP's environmental practice. http://www.law360.com/articles/103269 http://www.law360.com/articles/104959 Solvay Chemicals Inc. has agreed to pay $2.1 million to settle with indirect purchasers in multidistrict litigation over alleged price-fixing in the hydrogen peroxide industry. http://www.law360.com/articles/104959 http://www.law360.com/articles/98285 A Brussels-based private group has launched a suit in Germany against six alleged members of an international hydrogen peroxide cartel that has already been the target of landmark fines from the European Commission and multimillion-dollar class action settlements in the U.S. http://www.law360.com/articles/98285 http://www.law360.com/articles/98228 Chemical companies Evonik Degussa Corp., Lucite International Inc., Arkema Inc. and Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. have agreed to pay a total of $15.1 million to settle a long-running class action alleging a conspiracy to drive up the prices of methyl methacrylate and acrylic. http://www.law360.com/articles/98228 http://www.law360.com/articles/98003 Attorneys for the plaintiffs have asked a judge to approve $10 million in settlements between Arkema Inc. and FMC Corp. and direct purchasers of their hydrogen peroxide products, which would bring an end to the class action over alleged price-fixing in the market. http://www.law360.com/articles/98003 http://www.law360.com/articles/93461 Industrial chemical producer Arkema Inc. has settled an administrative action brought by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency alleging it violated the Clean Air Act by failing to control the hazardous leaks at its now-closed Riverview, Mich., facility. http://www.law360.com/articles/93461