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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. December 18, 2020

    Gasoline Price-Fixing Suit Can't Rope In Diesel Allegations

    A California federal judge has removed diesel price-fixing allegations from a pair of related suits accusing fuel companies of artificially jacking up gasoline prices, saying the complaints never spelled out those claims even though they are part of an expert report.

  4. May 11, 2020

    Sanctions Again Denied In Calif. Gas Price-Fixing Case

    A California federal judge refused a second sanctions bid last week in a proposed class action alleging that a group of refineries fixed the price of gasoline, this time holding that while one assertion by fuel buyers against the refiners was "inaccurate," it wasn't "factually baseless."

  5. April 07, 2020

    Judge Rejects Sanctions In Calif. Gas Price-Fixing Litigation

    A California federal judge says a dispute over the meaning of comments by the CEO of a refining company owned by Marathon does not merit sanctions against fuel buyers in a proposed class action alleging that a group of refineries fixed the price of gasoline. 

  6. October 23, 2019

    Fuel Buyers Blast Refiner's Sanctions Bid For 'Minor Mistake'

    Fuel buyers pursuing price-fixing claims in proposed class actions against BP, Exxon and other oil companies have blasted Alon USA Energy Inc. for trying to sanction them over an "insignificant error," arguing that Alon has been feeding the court "misleading statements" about its business operations.

  7. 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.

  8. May 21, 2019

    Older Calif. Gas Price-Fixing Claims Against BP, Exxon Barred

    Waiting to file a proposed class action may have cost California consumers after a federal judge ruled last week that their claims are subject to a four-year statute of limitations, slicing deep into allegations that BP, Exxon and other oil companies rigged Golden State gasoline prices.

  9. September 10, 2018

    Oil Cos. Want Older Claims Barred In Calif. Gas Price Case

    A group of oil companies including BP and Exxon urged a California federal judge Friday to toss part of a proposed class action by consumers alleging the companies rigged Golden State gas prices, arguing some of the claims are too late and echo a lawsuit filed by gas merchants.

  10. June 22, 2018

    Exxon, Others Hit With Price-Fixing Suit In Calif.

    Exxon, Chevron and several other oil giants have been hit with a proposed class action in California federal court accusing them of violating antitrust laws by conspiring to raise gas prices in the state.

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