April 23, 2015
Nine Japanese corporations and their subsidiaries have agreed to pay $100 million to exit an antitrust class action alleging a conspiracy among freight companies to fix prices on their services, according to a Wednesday filing in New York federal court.
February 23, 2015
A New York federal judge on Friday greenlighted a settlement in which German logistics company Dachser GmbH & Co. KG and two of its business units agreed to pay $2.5 million to exit an antitrust class action alleging they participated in a conspiracy with other freight companies to fix prices on their services.
August 13, 2014
Australian transport company Toll Holdings Ltd. and two subsidiaries agreed to pay $900,000 to exit an antitrust class action alleging that they participated in a conspiracy with other freight companies to fix prices on their services, according to documents filed in New York federal court Wednesday.
April 22, 2014
Danish shipping giant DSV A/S and its various business units have reached an agreement to settle an antitrust class action alleging that it participated in a conspiracy with other freight companies to fix prices on their services, according to documents filed Tuesday in New York federal court.
October 22, 2013
United Parcel Service Inc., DHL Express (USA) Inc. and a slew of other freight forwarders on Monday pushed a New York federal court to dismiss much of an antitrust suit accusing them of conspiring to rig rates for their services.
October 21, 2013
Attorneys who landed $112 million in settlements for plaintiffs in a class action alleging international price-fixing conspiracies by freight-forwarding companies urged a New York federal judge Thursday to increase their fee award by more than $3 million because of the risks they faced in litigating the case.
August 27, 2013
A New York federal judge Tuesday approved 10 settlement agreements establishing a $112 million fund and enabling a third of the freight-forwarding companies facing a suit over alleged international price-fixing conspiracies to exit the litigation.
August 08, 2013
Mail Boxes Etc. Inc. and others alleging collusion in the freight forwarding industry urged a New York federal judge Wednesday to brush off criticism over the inclusion of most favored nation clauses in class action settlements with Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co. Ltd. and Vantec Corp. totaling $30.6 million.
August 05, 2013
Hewlett-Packard Co. told a New York federal judge Friday that a proposed $8.75 million class action settlement of claims that a Deutsche Bahn AG unit took part in a freight forwarding cartel is far too low in value and should not be approved.
January 30, 2013
ABX Logistics Worldwide NV/SA has agreed to shell out $3.5 million to resolve a putative purchaser class' claims that the company conspired to fix prices in the freight forwarding industry, according to a New York federal court filing Wednesday.