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In re: Urethane Antitrust Litigation

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Case Number:

2:04-md-01616

Court:

Kansas

Nature of Suit:

Other Statutory Actions

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action, Multi-district Litigation

Judge:

John W. Lungstrum

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  1. December 19, 2012

    Dow Chemical Can't Exit Urethane Antitrust MDL

    Dow Chemical Corp. lost its bid Tuesday to escape long-running multidistrict litigation brought by direct purchasers accusing it and other urethane foam makers of conspiring to fix prices, with a Kansas federal judge saying the plaintiffs had offered evidence of a conspiracy.

  2. January 03, 2012

    Huntsman Settles 3 Suits In Foam Price-Fixing MDL

    Huntsman International LLC on Friday settled three suits brought by direct purchasers as part of a long-running multidistrict litigation in Kansas accusing urethane foam makers of conspiring to fix prices.

  3. September 28, 2011

    Leggett & Platt To Turn Over Docs In Price-Fixing MDL

    A Kansas federal judge on Tuesday ordered Leggett & Platt Inc. to hand over telephone records and expense reports that its opponents in a multidistrict litigation say may implicate Leggett in a wide-ranging scheme to fix prices on flexible polyurethane foam.

  4. September 21, 2011

    BASF To Exit Foam Price-Fixing MDL For $51M

    A class of direct purchaser plaintiffs in a long-running multidistrict litigation accusing urethane foam makers of conspiring to fix prices asked a Kansas federal court Wednesday to approve their $51 million settlement with BASF Corp.

  5. June 03, 2011

    Huntsman To Pay $33M To Exit Urethane Antitrust MDL

    Huntsman International LLC has agreed to pay $33 million to settle claims from direct purchasers in multidistrict urethane antitrust litigation, while bankrupt Lyondell Chemical Co. likewise reached a deal to exit the long-running case in Kansas, the plaintiffs said Thursday.

  6. January 20, 2010

    Urethane Plaintiffs Must Produce Downstream Data

    A federal judge on Wednesday ordered a group of direct purchaser plaintiffs in the long-running multidistrict antitrust litigation against urethane manufacturers and distributors to produce downstream data on how they used, sold and marketed items made with the chemical.

  7. August 31, 2009

    Concealment Ruling Sticks In Urethane Antitrust MDL

    A federal judge has refused a bid by BASF Corp. and other defendants to reconsider a portion of a ruling in the urethane multidistrict litigation concerning fraudulent concealment of a price-fixing conspiracy.

  8. August 13, 2009

    BASF Must Produce Non-US Docs In Urethane MDL

    A magistrate judge has ordered BASF Corp., Huntsman International LLC and the Dow Chemical Co. to produce documents related to commerce outside the U.S., in the multidistrict litigation over an alleged antitrust conspiracy in the urethane market.

  9. August 05, 2009

    Urethane Plaintiffs Seek Non-US Commerce Docs

    Plaintiffs suing BASF Corp., Huntsman International LLC and The Dow Chemical Co. over an alleged antitrust conspiracy in the urethane market are asking the judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation to force those companies to fork over documents related to commerce outside the United States.

  10. February 24, 2009

    2 Opters-Out To Join Bayer $55M Antitrust Settlement

    Two chemical companies that had opted out of a $55.3 million settlement with Bayer AG over an alleged price-fixing conspiracy in the urethane market can now join the settlement class, a federal judge has ruled.