April 05, 2017
Buyers of sheet metal who sued manufacturers over allegations of auto parts price-fixing asked a Wisconsin federal judge on Tuesday to sanction a company for failing to retain new counsel by a court-appointed deadline after letting go attorneys from Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC.
November 08, 2016
A Wisconsin federal judge on Tuesday signed off on a settlement and attorneys' fees for a class of indirect purchasers suing Taiwanese auto parts maker Jui Li Enterprise Co. Ltd. and other manufacturers over an alleged conspiracy to fix prices of automotive sheet metal parts.
August 09, 2016
An auto parts supplier named in a seven-year-old price-fixing suit asked a Wisconsin court Tuesday to reject the certification of a class of indirect parts purchasers, saying there was not evidence that the class representatives had ever paid for their parts.
July 31, 2016
Auto parts purchasers embroiled in a 7-year-old class action price-fixing suit told a Wisconsin court Friday that one of the defendants has been dragging its feet on discovery.
June 30, 2016
Taiwanese auto parts maker Jui Li Enterprise Co. Ltd. agreed to pay $650,000 to end indirect purchasers' claims in in a proposed class action alleging the company and other manufacturers conspired to fix prices of car parts, according to documents filed on Wednesday in Wisconsin federal court.
June 24, 2016
A Wisconsin judge on Friday certified a class of direct purchasers in a price-fixing suit against Jui Li Enterprise and other auto parts makers, saying the hundreds of class members would have difficulty litigating individually against the Taiwanese defendants and the costs would be preclusive.
March 24, 2016
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Tyson Foods Inc.'s don-doff dispute addresses some key considerations as direct purchasers move for class certification in a price-fixing suit against Jui Li Enterprise and other auto parts makers, the purchasers said Wednesday.
December 17, 2015
A Wisconsin federal judge refused Wednesday to remove himself from a consolidated suit accusing Jui Li Enterprise and other auto parts manufacturers of fixing the price of sheet metal, saying comments he made when Latham & Watkins chose to withdraw as its counsel showed no bias against the company.
August 28, 2015
Jui Li Enterprise Co. Ltd. renewed its bid Thursday to disqualify a Wisconsin federal judge from presiding over litigation accusing it and other auto parts suppliers of price-fixing, arguing its former counsel Latham & Watkins LLP has compromised the judge's impartiality.
August 21, 2015
A group of Taiwanese auto parts suppliers renewed their bid to retrieve attorneys' fees Thursday after a Wisconsin federal judge denied potentially $150 million in damage claims in a proposed class action accusing the suppliers and their U.S. counterparts of deliberate price-fixing.