August 15, 2012
A group of Chinese vitamin C producers who claim China's government forced them to fix prices said on Wednesday that certain statements from China's Ministry of Commerce should be allowed as evidence in an upcoming trial, arguing they are admissible as statements of a public office.
August 10, 2012
The former Chinese Ministry of Commerce official in charge of export rules that a group of vitamin C producers claims forced them to fix prices will testify in the companies' defense in multidistrict litigation over the practice, a judge ruled Friday, giving the remaining defendants more leverage as the parties gear up for a November trial.
August 08, 2012
A New York federal judge on Tuesday dismissed two North China Pharmaceutical Group Corp. units from a multidistrict price-fixing litigation against Chinese vitamin C companies, but found the suit's allegations strong enough to keep cartel claims against the parent company alive.
July 19, 2012
A New York federal judge refused Wednesday to drop China Pharmaceutical Group Ltd. from multidistrict price-fixing litigation against several Chinese vitamin C producers, ruling that the company had enough control over its manufacturing subsidiary to remain in the case.
June 04, 2012
A New York federal judge on Monday shot down a move by Chinese vitamin C producer Northeast Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. to dismiss it from a sprawling 6-year-old multidistrict price-fixing litigation, saying injunctive relief in the suit could take the form of fines.
May 22, 2012
Aland (Jiangsu) Nutraceutical Co. Ltd. became the first Chinese vitamin C producer to settle 6-year-old multidistrict price-fixing litigation Monday, agreeing to pay $10.5 million after the defendants' battle to convince the court of Chinese government-forced coordination ground to a halt in February.
March 09, 2012
More than six years after the case was consolidated in Brooklyn, a New York federal judge set an October trial date Friday for multidistrict litigation accusing a group of Chinese manufacturers of fixing vitamin C prices.
February 09, 2012
A New York federal judge on Thursday ruled that a group of Chinese companies cannot appeal his denial of their bid to exit multidistrict antitrust litigation over vitamin C, despite their claim that the Chinese government compelled them to fix prices.
January 26, 2012
A New York federal judge on Wednesday certified classes of direct and indirect vitamin purchasers seeking damages and an injunction against several Chinese manufacturers accused of fixing prices for vitamin C.
September 07, 2011
A New York federal judge on Tuesday denied a bid by a group of Chinese companies to exit multidistrict antitrust litigation over vitamin C, rejecting their claim that they were entitled to summary judgment because the Chinese government compelled them to fix prices.