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Marrero-Rolon et al v. Autoridad de Energia Electrica et al

  1. October 01, 2018

    Puerto Rican Class Wins Cert. In Utility Conspiracy Suit

    Customers suing Puerto Rico's public power utility for cheating on environmental standards testing and systematically overcharging them were granted class certification on Sunday, after a Puerto Rico federal court found their claims will all hinge on proving the existence of a racketeering conspiracy.

  2. November 06, 2017

    Puerto Rican Utility Fights Class Cert. Bid In Kickback Suit

    PREPA, Puerto Rico's electric utility, is fighting back against a proposed class action alleging it has been cheating on environmental standards testing and systematically overcharging customers for years, telling a Puerto Rico federal court Friday certification should be denied because the putative class members can't show how the alleged conspiracy affected them as a whole.

  3. September 18, 2017

    Class Seeks Cert. ln Puerto Rican Kickback Suit

    Customers of PREPA, Puerto Rico's electric utility, have moved for certification in a proposed class action over an allegedly yearslong fraud in which the utility bilked customers by cheating on environmental standards testing and charging top dollar for what was actually dirty, noncompliant fuel.

  4. July 11, 2016

    Class Rebuffs Dismissal Bid in Puerto Rican Kickback Suit

    Plaintiffs who have proposed a class action against Puerto Rico's electric utility, Prepa, opposed a motion to dismiss it that was filed last month by Trafigura AG, which is accused of selling fuel to the utility that did not comply with environmental standards.

  5. June 27, 2016

    Judge Removes Self From Prepa Kickback Suit

    A federal magistrate judge on Monday removed herself from a class action alleging Puerto Rico's financially troubled electric utility Prepa took kickbacks from its fuel energy suppliers, after she discovered a conflict stemming from her time representing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

  6. September 04, 2015

    Attys Say Sanctions Bid Over PREPA Talks Just A Distraction

    Alchem Laboratory attorneys accused of divulging information about confidential settlement talks in a class action over alleged kickbacks to distressed Puerto Rico utility PREPA are defending themselves, saying the plaintiffs' request for sanctions is merely a ploy to keep Alchem from beating the case.

  7. August 28, 2015

    Petrobras Not Immune To PREPA Kickback Suit, Class Says

    A proposed class told a Puerto Rico federal judge on Thursday that Petrobras Brazil — which allegedly conspired with the commonwealth's embattled power utility, PREPA, in a fuel kickback scheme — could not claim immunity, because it had related business dealings in the U.S.

  8. February 24, 2015

    PREPA Took Kickbacks From Fuel Oil Suppliers, Suit Says

    Already reeling from the rollback of a favorable law, Puerto Rico's embattled power utility was sued Tuesday by a class of customers who say executives colluded for years to buy low-quality fuel, sell it off as high-quality fuel and keep the change as kickbacks.

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