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In Re: Photochromic Lens Antitrust Litigation

  1. August 22, 2014

    Transitions Wants Rival's Claims Tossed From Antitrust MDL

    Transitions Optical Inc. on Thursday urged a Florida federal judge to toss the claims of private equity-owned rival Vision-Ease Lens Worldwide Inc. from a multidistrict litigation accusing Transitions of impeding competition in the market for photochromic lenses, saying Vision-Ease's lost market share was due to its own shoddy product.

  2. April 04, 2014

    Direct Purchasers Denied Cert. In Transitions Antitrust Row

    A Florida federal judge on Thursday refused to certify a class of direct purchasers in multidistrict antitrust litigation accusing Transitions Optical Inc. of impeding competition in the market for lenses that darken when exposed to light, ruling that the named plaintiffs had a fundamental conflict with other potential class members.

  3. March 12, 2013

    Class Cert. Bid Flawed In Transitions Antitrust Row: Judge

    A Florida federal magistrate judge recommended Tuesday that a bid by a group of direct purchaser plaintiffs for class certification be tossed in multidistrict antitrust litigation accusing Transitions Optical Inc. of impeding competition in the photochromic lenses market, saying the plaintiffs hadn't satisfied some of the criteria for certification.

  4. November 06, 2012

    Transitions Must Produce FTC Probe Docs, Judge Rules

    A Florida federal judge on Monday ordered Transitions Optical Inc. to turn over documents related to a Federal Trade Commission investigation into the company's business practices, ruling the information was relevant to antitrust claims made by putative purchaser classes in multidistrict litigation.

  5. November 01, 2011

    Lensmaker Transitions Can't Shake Antitrust MDL

    A Florida federal judge on Tuesday denied a motion by Transitions Optical Inc. to throw out a multidistrict class action accusing the corrective lens maker of anti-competitive conduct, saying the purchaser plaintiffs' monopoly accusations were reasonable enough for trial.

  6. October 27, 2011

    Transitions Lens Users' Antitrust Claims Tossed

    A Florida federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a class of indirect purchasers' suit against lens maker Transitions Optical Inc., saying the end users of the corrective lenses needed to make a firmer connection between their injury and the company's allegedly anti-competitive behavior.

  7. October 14, 2011

    Lensmaker's Antitrust Suit Survives In Transitions MDL

    A Florida federal judge on Thursday trimmed several secondary claims from Vision-Ease Lens Worldwide Inc.'s antitrust suit amid multidistrict litigation against rival Transitions Optical Inc., keeping the bulk of the case intact.