November 13, 2014
Cushioning product company Carpenter Co. agreed to pay $108 million in Ohio federal court Wednesday, to direct purchasers who've accused the company of scheming to fix the price of flexible polyurethane foam, which is used in goods like furniture and packaging.
August 20, 2014
Furniture components producer Leggett & Platt Inc. on Tuesday announced it will pay about $40 million to settle with a class of direct purchasers who accused it of conspiring to fix prices on flexible polyurethane foam.
August 18, 2014
Furniture components producer Leggett & Platt Inc. has agreed to settle with a class of direct purchasers who accused it of conspiring to fix prices on flexible polyurethane foam, according to a document filed Friday in Ohio federal court.
August 12, 2014
An Ohio federal judge on Tuesday "reluctantly" moved part of a class action accusing polyurethane foam manufacturers of orchestrating a price-fixing conspiracy into arbitration, because some direct buyers signed credit agreements containing arbitration clauses with manufacturer Mohawk Industries Inc.
April 16, 2014
An Ohio federal judge has certified classes of direct and indirect purchasers of polyurethane foam in multidistrict litigation accusing manufacturers of participating in a price-fixing conspiracy, holding that the classes met their requirements, according to documents filed Wednesday.
September 17, 2012
Otto Bock Polyurethane Technologies Inc. was dropped Friday from proposed class actions in Ohio over an alleged conspiracy to fix prices for polyurethane foam, as part of a deal in which Otto Bock agreed to provide the foam-buyer plaintiffs with information about the industry.
March 07, 2012
Direct purchasers accusing Domfoam International Inc. of participating in a price-fixing conspiracy agreed Wednesday to drop their claims against the bankrupt company in exchange for its cooperation against the remaining defendants in multidistrict litigation targeting polyurethane foam makers.
January 23, 2012
An Ohio federal judge on Monday granted preliminary approval of a $15 million settlement between polyurethane foam makers and a putative class of consumer plaintiffs, despite the protests of several nonsettling defendants in the same multidistrict litigation.
September 15, 2011
An Ohio federal judge refused again Thursday to nix a multidistrict antitrust litigation against polyurethane foam manufacturers, rejecting the defendants' efforts to take the dispute over the court's interpretation of pleading standards to the Sixth Circuit.
July 29, 2011
Polyurethane foam manufacturers facing multidistrict antitrust litigation in Ohio federal court said Thursday that the Sixth Circuit should examine the lower court's decision to allow allegations from a government probe to satisfy civil antitrust pleading standards under Twombly and Iqbal.