January 21, 2011
The federal judge overseeing a multidistrict litigation targeting several Chinese companies for fixing the price of vitamin C has ordered one of the defendants to turn over eight of nine documents requested by the plaintiffs.
November 07, 2008
A federal judge refused to dismiss the multidistrict antitrust litigation against several vitamin C manufacturers after ruling that the dispute over whether the Chinese government had compelled the formation of the alleged cartel required further discovery.
June 10, 2008
Defendants in the multidistrict vitamin C antitrust litigation have again asked the judge to dismiss the case against them, saying that a supplemental memorandum filed by the plaintiffs has changed nothing.
February 06, 2008
The Chinese government is urging the U.S. judge presiding over multidistrict vitamin C antitrust litigation not to take depositions in the case, maintaining that such actions should be put on hold until the defendants' motion to dismiss has been resolved.
December 17, 2007
The two newest companies to be named in a multidistrict litigation against vitamin C makers and resellers have asked to be dismissed, saying the plaintiffs failed to establish a link between their conduct and the allegedly anti-competitive behavior of their parent companies.
September 26, 2007
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the plaintiffs in a multidistrict antitrust case against Chinese vitamin C makers could file a second amended complaint that includes two new defendants.
August 21, 2007
Plaintiffs in the multidistrict antitrust litigation involving Chinese vitamin C makers have asked a federal judge for permission to amend their complaint, seeking to add two new defendants to the case.
June 14, 2007
The federal judge overseeing the multidistrict antitrust litigation involving Chinese vitamin C makers has sided with the defendants in their quest to compel the representative plaintiff to produce documents, ruling that the material goes to the heart of what is being alleged in the case.
June 08, 2007
One of the defendants caught up in the many antitrust cases brought against Chinese vitamin C makers has demanded that the representative plaintiff produce material regarding its vitamin sales, arguing that the information is critical to one of the main charges that has been hurled in the multidistrict litigation.
January 12, 2007
The representative plaintiff in one of many antitrust cases brought against Chinese vitamin C makers alleging price-fixing has filed a motion to partially dismiss charges against one of four defendants after two years of litigation.