December 16, 2014
A Connecticut federal judge has approved $99 million in fees for attorneys who represented businesses in a $297 million settlement of a class action accusing US Foods Inc. and former parent company Royal Ahold NV of engaging in a price-inflation scheme.
September 02, 2014
Attorneys who represented businesses in a $297 million settlement of a class action accusing US Foods Inc. and former parent company Royal Ahold NV of engaging in a price-inflation scheme have asked a Connecticut federal court to sign off on about $108 million in attorneys' fees and expenses.
May 21, 2014
US Foods Inc. and former parent company Royal Ahold NV have agreed to pay $297 million to settle a class action in Connecticut federal court, brought by businesses alleging the food companies created a price-inflation scheme, the plaintiffs' lead counsel Hunton & Williams LLP said Wednesday.
May 16, 2013
Businesses suing Royal Ahold NV and U.S. Foodservice Inc. over an alleged $800 million price-inflation scheme won access Thursday to documents from an additional 25 people who might have information relevant to the multidistrict litigation in Connecticut federal court.
May 03, 2013
Businesses suing Royal Ahold NV and U.S. Foodservice Inc. over an alleged $800 million price-inflation scheme told a Connecticut federal judge Thursday that White & Case LLP attorneys witnessed the companies' actions and should be disqualified from defending them in multidistrict litigation.
January 22, 2013
Plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation in Connecticut federal court over an alleged $800 million price inflation scheme by former Royal Ahold NV subsidiary U.S. Foodservice Inc. accused Royal Ahold's counsel, White & Case LLP, on Friday of playing a "shell game" designed to evade their discovery requests.