March 02, 2015
Purchasers of magnesite told a New Jersey federal judge Friday that they have standing to proceed with their long-running antitrust class action accusing China-based manufacturers of the mineral of engaging in a price-fixing cartel, fighting a bid to toss their amended complaint.
January 21, 2015
China-based manufacturers of magnesite on Tuesday urged a New Jersey federal judge to again dismiss an antitrust suit brought by buyers of the mineral who accused the group of producers of engaging in a price-fixing cartel, saying the plaintiffs' amended complaint still fails to resolve their lack of standing.
July 24, 2014
A New Jersey federal judge on Thursday tossed an antitrust action brought by buyers of magnesite who accused a group of foreign producers of engaging in a price-fixing cartel, saying that the purported direct-purchaser plaintiff lacked standing to bring the claims.
September 10, 2013
A group of foreign producers of magnesite told a New Jersey federal judge Monday that a proposed class action brought by two buyers over an alleged price-fixing cartel should be dismissed for lack of standing, while the purchasers defended their right to bring the claims.
August 09, 2013
A New Jersey federal judge said Wednesday that an antitrust class action facing a group of foreign magnesite producers for allegedly fixing the price of the mineral could be dismissed for lack of standing after eight years of litigation.
July 24, 2012
Magnesite buyers pushed to keep their proposed price-fixing class action against a group of Chinese producers out of arbitration Friday, arguing that the defendants couldn't produce any written arbitration deal that applied to the case.
July 02, 2012
A recent ruling blocking arbitration in the ongoing electronic books antitrust litigation provides rationale for doing the same for a group of magnesite producers seeking to resolve price-fixing allegations before a Chinese arbitration panel, class plaintiffs told a New Jersey federal judge on Friday.
April 20, 2012
A group of Chinese magnesite producers will get another shot to kick a proposed price-fixing class action against them out of New Jersey federal court as the judge overseeing the case said Friday that she would consider whether the allegations belong before a Chinese arbitration panel instead.