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IN RE: RAIL FREIGHT FUEL SURCHARGE ANTITRUST LITIGATION - MDL 1869
Case Number:
1:07-mc-00489
Court:
Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action
Judge:
Firms
- Dechert LLP
- Freed Kanner
- Saltz Mongeluzzi
- Peterson & Associates PC
- Crowell & Moring
- Ballard Spahr
- Orrick Herrington
- Werner Ahari
- Goodwin Procter
- Cleary Gottlieb
- Clyde & Co
- Dentons
- Steptoe LLP
- Gross & Belsky
- Cera LLP
- Slover & Loftus
- Massey & Gail
- Audet & Partners
- Cuneo Gilbert
- Wollmuth Maher
- Paulson & Nace
- Arnold & Porter
- Spector Roseman
- Heins Mills
- Seeger Weiss
- Zelle LLP
- King & Spalding
- The Terrell Law Group
- Troutman
- Boni Zack
- Haskell Slaughter
- Much Shelist
- Robins Kaplan
- Carella Byrne
- Nussbaum Law Group
- Kaplan Fox
- Walters Renwick
- Horn Aylward
- Freed & Weiss
- Keller Rohrback
- Covington & Burling
- Hausfeld LLP
- Weil Gotshal
- Skadden Arps
- Mehri & Skalet
- Wolf Haldenstein
- Munger Tolles
- Jones Day
- Lowey Dannenberg
- Gustafson Gluek
- Lovell Stewart
- Quinn Emanuel
- Thompson Hine
- Levi & Korsinsky
- Eimer Stahl
- Whatley Kallas
- Cohen Milstein
- Williams Schifino
- Vinson & Elkins
- Yetter Coleman
- Sperling Kenny
- Berger Montague
- Susman Godfrey
- Ashcraft & Gerel
- Fine Kaplan
- Haug Partners
- Latham & Watkins
- Mayer Brown
Companies
- Cedar Creek Wholesale Inc.
- M.C. Dixon Lumber Co. Inc.
- BNSF Railway Co.
- Rayonier Inc.
- Kellogg Co.
- Ameren Corp.
- Oxbow Corp.
- Northern Indiana Public Service Co.
- AK Steel Holding Corp.
- CSX Corp.
- Ferraro Foods Inc.
- The Southern Co. Inc.
- Dyno Nobel Ltd.
- CF Industries Holdings Inc.
- Dow Inc.
- Kansas City Southern
- Olin Corp.
- Entergy Corp.
- Georgia Power Co.
- Norfolk Southern Corp.
- Union Pacific Corp.
- Association of American Railroads
- Alabama Power Co.
- Dairyland Power Cooperative
Government Agencies
Sectors & Industries:
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September 03, 2013
Latham & Watkins Dodges DQ Bid In Rail Price-Fixing MDL
Latham & Watkins LLP can represent Union Pacific Railroad Co. in multidistrict litigation accusing several railroad companies of fixing shipping prices, despite the firm's past work for plaintiff Oxbow Carbon & Minerals LLC, a federal judge found Tuesday.
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July 29, 2013
Railways Say Plaintiffs Withholding Info In Freight Pricing MDL
Union Pacific Railroad Co. and the other rail freight companies that stand accused of fixing shipping prices told the judge overseeing the massive class action on Friday that the plaintiffs are withholding crucial information about an expert witness.
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July 09, 2013
Latham DQ May Complicate MDL Conflicts, Judge Says
A Washington federal judge voiced concern Tuesday over Oxbow Carbon & Minerals LLC's quest to disqualify Latham & Watkins LLP from serving as lead trial counsel for Union Pacific Railroad Co. in a massive price-fixing multidistrict litigation, saying it's nearly impossible to rule out all potential conflicts of interest in the current legal industry.
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May 20, 2013
Latham Blasts Oxbow DQ Bid In Rail Price-Fixing MDL
Latham & Watkins LLP said Friday it should be able to continue representing Union Pacific Railroad Co. in multidistrict price-fixing litigation, slamming Oxbow Carbon & Mineral LLC for allegedly dropping most of its original arguments in a bid to disqualify the firm.
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May 07, 2013
Latham, Oxbow Spar Over DQ Bid In Rail Price-Fixing MDL
Latham & Watkins LLP and Oxbow Carbon & Mineral LLC traded blows in Washington federal court Monday as to whether the company deserves a chance to further reply to a bid to disqualify it from representing Union Pacific Railroad Co. in multidistrict price-fixing litigation.
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March 29, 2013
Oxbow Wants Latham DQ'd From Rail Price-Fixing MDL
Oxbow Carbon & Minerals LLC has moved to disqualify Latham & Watkins LLP from serving as lead trial counsel for Union Pacific Railroad Co. in multidistrict litigation accusing several railroad companies of fixing shipping prices, saying that the firm's past work for the mining company created a conflict of interest.
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July 05, 2012
Freight Rail Giants Protest Class Cert. In Price-Fixing MDL
The four largest U.S. freight railroad companies on Thursday asked the D.C. Circuit to nix the certification of a class of direct purchasers who allege the companies fixed shipping prices, saying the certification puts pressure on the railroads to settle meritless claims.
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June 21, 2012
Direct Purchasers Get Class Cert. In Railroad Antitrust MDL
A Washington federal judge on Thursday certified a class of direct purchasers who are suing several railroad companies in an antitrust multidistrict litigation over allegations that the companies fixed shipping prices through an arbitrary fuel surcharge.
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June 09, 2010
BNSF, Union Pacific To Show Docs In Freight Fuel MDL
BNSF Railway Co. and Union Pacific Railroad Co., two of four major rail defendants in antitrust multidistrict litigation over rail freight fuel surcharges, will have to present certain communications with the Association of American Railroads for in-camera review so a federal judge can determine if they should be privileged.
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April 16, 2010
Railroads Escape State Antitrust Claims In DC Circ.
A federal appeals court has affirmed that a putative class of indirect freight service purchasers' state law antitrust claims against the four largest American railroads over rail freight fuel surcharges were preempted by the Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995.