May 01, 2014
Industrial contractors accusing the London Metal Exchange of conspiring to raise aluminum prices argued Thursday that American courts have jurisdiction over the case, directing the New York federal judge overseeing the sprawling multidistrict litigation to a case in which the Fifth Circuit swatted down jurisdictional arguments by a Chinese drywall maker.
April 25, 2014
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and others accused of a conspiracy to raise aluminum prices asked a New York federal court on Friday to toss state law claims against them, saying they were "afterthoughts" bolted onto the antitrust suit.
April 23, 2014
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., the London Metal Exchange and others accused of a conspiracy to raise aluminum prices asked a New York federal court Wednesday to toss the suit, saying the plaintiffs lacked standing to make antitrust claims because they didn't participate in the allegedly restrained market.
February 06, 2014
The plaintiffs accusing Goldman Sachs Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and others of striking anti-competitive warehousing agreements to artificially inflate the cost of storing aluminum can begin making discovery requests before filing their complaints, a New York federal judge ruled on Thursday.