Rinaldi et al v. BP West Coast Products LLC et al

  1. March 19, 2025

    Robbins Geller Escapes Sanctions In Gas Price-Fixing Suit

    A California federal judge on Wednesday rejected a bid to sanction Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP attorneys in a gas price-fixing suit, determining that the firm didn't act in bad faith or unreasonably multiply proceedings in a way that unnecessarily cost Alon USA Energy millions.

  2. May 03, 2024

    Robbins Geller Attys To Take Stand In $8M Sanctions Dispute

    A petroleum refiner will put current and former Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP attorneys on the stand May 7 in an extraordinary evidentiary hearing testing what the plaintiffs' lawyers knew about an analyst's now-discredited findings as they pursued since-nixed price-fixing claims.

  3. October 04, 2022

    Chevron, Exxon, Others Escape Calif. Gas Price-Fixing Case

    A California federal court has nixed a case accusing major refining companies, including units of BP, Chevron and Exxon Mobil, of colluding to artificially raise gasoline prices in the state, finding that the companies could have just been acting in their own interests.

  4. October 07, 2019

    Refiner Says 'False' Price-Fixing Claims Warrant Sanctions

    Alon USA Energy Inc. has urged a California federal judge to jettison it from parallel, proposed price-fixing class actions against BP, Exxon and other oil companies, arguing it's still in the case because fuel buyers have repeated "false allegations" about the closure of one of its refineries — falsities that warrant sanctions.