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IN RE: DOMESTIC DRYWALL ANTITRUST LITIGATION

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Case overview

Case Number:

2:13-md-02437

Court:

Pennsylvania Eastern

Nature of Suit:

Other Statutes: Anti-Trust

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action, Multi-district Litigation

Judge:

MICHAEL M. BAYLSON

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  1. April 24, 2020

    $38M Drywall MDL Settlement Goes To Co.'s New Owner

    An Illinois building product distributor won a dispute over a $38 million payout from a settlement over drywall price-fixing when a Pennsylvania federal judge said the claim should go to the buyer of the company that bought the drywall, not its former owner.

  2. July 16, 2019

    Homebuilders Have Claims Sanded Down In Price-Fixing MDL

    Six homebuilders had their claims for damages trimmed in a Pennsylvania-based multidistrict litigation over allegedly inflated drywall prices after a federal judge found Monday that they lacked standing to seek damages for purchases made by subsidiaries that did not have claims assigned to them.

  3. March 19, 2019

    Attorneys Earn Judge's Ire, $4.3M Fees In Drywall MDL

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Tuesday awarded more than $4.3 million in fees and costs to attorneys representing indirect purchasers in long-running multidistrict litigation over alleged drywall price-fixing after criticizing their work settling their clients' claims in the suit.

  4. December 10, 2018

    Home Depot Can't Keep Drywall Suit Out Of Antitrust MDL

    The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation overruled Home Depot's objections Monday and lumped the retailer's drywall price-fixing claims into related litigation consolidated in Pennsylvania federal court, finding the tie-in would be the most efficient way to handle the new suit even if the MDL is winding down.

  5. October 12, 2018

    Drywall Cos. In Price-Fixing MDL Still Face Bid For Quick Win

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Thursday ruled that a year-old appellate antitrust decision doesn't force him to rethink denying a summary judgment motion in the last case in long-running multidistrict litigation over price-fixing allegations regarding domestic drywall, tossing one of two motions lobbed by construction product suppliers in the case. 

  6. July 23, 2018

    Purchasers Try To Finalize $1.3M Drywall Price-Fix Settlement

    Indirect purchasers urged a Pennsylvania federal court on Friday to grant final approval to a $1.25 million settlement with a trio of manufacturers in long-running multidistrict litigation over price-fixing allegations centering on domestic drywall, just months after the court initially refused to give preliminary approval to the same deal.

  7. July 17, 2018

    'Imaginative' Attys Get $63M Fees In Drywall Price-Fix MDL

    A Pennsylvania federal judge awarded $63 million in fees and another $2.9 million in costs to class counsel for direct purchasers who scored $190 million in settlements with drywall manufacturers in multidistrict litigation over alleged price-fixing, according to an order Monday lauding the "imaginative" attorneys' "outstanding work."

  8. January 02, 2018

    Drywall Makers To Pay $125M To Settle Price-Fixing Claims

    Several drywall manufacturers have agreed to pay a class of direct purchasers an additional $125 million to settle price-fixing claims in multidistrict litigation being overseen by a Pennsylvania federal court, class counsel said Tuesday.

  9. August 24, 2017

    Indirect Buyers Denied Class Cert. In Drywall Antitrust MDL

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Thursday denied class certification to the indirect purchasers of domestic drywall in multidistrict litigation accusing manufacturers of colluding to fix prices, ruling that the proposed method of determining class membership is not feasible and that the proposed class period creates management problems.

  10. August 23, 2017

    Direct Purchasers Get Class Cert. In Drywall Antitrust MDL

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Wednesday granted class certification to the direct purchasers of domestic drywall in multidistrict litigation accusing manufacturers of colluding to fix prices.