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AFMS, LLC v. United Parcel Service Inc., et al
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October 31, 2017
9th Circ. Won't Rethink UPS, FedEx Antitrust Ruling
A split Ninth Circuit panel on Tuesday declined to rehear transportation manager AFMS' bid to revive its antitrust claims against UPS and FedEx for allegedly suppressing competition by refusing to deal with third-party consultants that negotiate discounted shipping rates for companies.
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October 12, 2017
9th Circ. Asked To Rethink UPS, FedEx Antitrust Ruling
Business owners and a group of antitrust law professors have asked the Ninth Circuit to reconsider a recent split ruling snuffing out claims that package shipping giants UPS and FedEx suppressed competition by refusing to deal with third-party consultants that snagged discounted shipping rates for companies.
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August 21, 2017
Split 9th Circ. Won't Revive Antitrust Suit Against UPS, FedEx
A split Ninth Circuit panel found Monday that transportation manager AFMS failed to define the markets in which UPS and FedEx allegedly stifled competition, affirming a lower court's ruling and effectively ending antitrust claims against the shipping giants.
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March 08, 2017
9th Circ. Urged To Revive Antitrust Suit Against UPS, FedEx
Transportation manager AFMS LLC urged the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday to revive its antitrust suit alleging UPS Inc. and FedEx Corp. stifled competition by refusing to deal with it and other shipping consultants, saying the trial court wrongly determined it first needed to define the market in which competition was supposedly restrained.
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June 09, 2016
UPS, FedEx Getting Away With Market Antics, 9th Circ. Told
A lower court let slide a flagrant antitrust violation by dismissing allegations that UPS Inc. and FedEx Corp. conspired to knock a third-party shipping consultant out of business, the company argued Thursday, urging the Ninth Circuit to revive the case.
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May 02, 2016
UPS Urges 9th Circ. To Kill Consultant's Antitrust Case
UPS urged the Ninth Circuit on Friday not to revive an antitrust suit brought by a shipping rate negotiator alleging UPS and FedEx had conspired to knock it out of business, saying the consultant couldn't even define the relevant market in which competition was allegedly eliminated.