April 24, 2020
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.
July 16, 2019
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.
March 19, 2019
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.
December 10, 2018
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.
October 12, 2018
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.
July 23, 2018
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.
July 17, 2018
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."
January 02, 2018
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.
August 24, 2017
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.
August 23, 2017
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.