November 24, 2010
The federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation accusing a slew of airlines of fixing air cargo shipping prices has shot down opposition to a magistrate judge's order directing South African Airways Ltd. to produce data allegedly shielded from discovery by South African law.
November 02, 2010
EVA Airways Corp., China Airlines Ltd., Malaysia Airlines and Air India have lost their bids to throw out claims against them in broad-reaching multidistrict litigation alleging more than two dozen air cargo carriers conspired to fix shipping prices.
October 29, 2010
Antitrust prosecutors are urging a judge to accept a $40 million price-fixing fine against China Airlines Ltd. that’s less than half the minimum fine called for by federal sentencing guidelines.
October 20, 2010
The Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice is looking to jump into multidistrict litigation accusing a slew of airlines of fixing air cargo shipping prices, asking the court for a five-month stay of depositions in the case to avoid conflicts with its own criminal investigation.
September 10, 2010
Scandinavian Airlines System and SAS Cargo Group AS have agreed to fork over $13.93 million to settle claims by plaintiffs in a broad-reaching multidistrict litigation alleging more than two dozen carriers conspired to fix shipping prices.
July 26, 2010
Plaintiffs in litigation alleging airlines conspired to fix shipping prices are seeking preliminary approval of a $5 million settlement with American Airlines Inc., a deal whose rewards they have been unofficially reaping for more than a year.
July 26, 2010
A federal judge has ordered South African Airways Ltd. to hand information about its costs and transactions over to plaintiffs in a multidistrict litigation accusing a slew of airlines of fixing air cargo shipping prices, even though producing the information might break a South African law.
July 12, 2010
Air France-KLM Group announced Monday that it had agreed to pay $87 million to settle allegations from direct purchasers in the U.S. that it and other airlines fixed prices in the air cargo industry.
March 30, 2010
The judge overseeing discovery in litigation accusing a slew of airlines of fixing prices on air cargo has ordered Societe Air France to hand over five boxes of documents to plaintiffs, rejecting the airline's argument that France's “blocking statute” prohibited it from turning over the material.
September 28, 2009
A federal judge has granted final approval for an $85 million settlement, including more than $14.3 million in attorneys' fees and expenses, between Lufthansa AG and plaintiffs in the massive multidistrict litigation that accused a host of air cargo shipping service companies of a worldwide price-fixing scheme.