In re: Interior Molded Doors Indirect Purchaser Antitrust Litigation

  1. October 08, 2020

    CORRECTED: Judge Gives Early OK To Door Price-Fix Deals Worth $75M

    A Virginia federal judge agreed Thursday to give a tentative green light to a pair of settlements worth $75 million that would resolve class actions alleging doormakers Jeld-Wen and Masonite conspired to hike their prices.

  2. May 04, 2020

    Door Makers Get Some Claims Shut Out In Price-Fix Case

    Two door makers trying to fend off a price-fixing class action scored a partial win Monday when a Virginia federal judge tossed claims for damages from plaintiffs just joining the case, but the companies lost efforts to get other antitrust and consumer state-law actions thrown out.

  3. January 08, 2020

    Door Buyers Slam Manufacturers' Bid To Limit Price-Fix Suit

    Interior door buyers urged a Virginia federal judge to reject a bid by two manufacturers to stamp out parts of a proposed class action suit accusing the door makers of plotting to jack up prices, but the buyers agreed to pull two state law claims.

  4. November 01, 2019

    More Buyers Can Join Pricing Suit Vs. Door Makers

    New litigants from several states can join a proposed antitrust class action against two interior door makers even after claims under those states' laws were tossed for lack of standing because doing so won't unfairly slant the case, a Virginia federal judge ruled Thursday.

  5. September 18, 2019

    Door Makers Can't Shut Out Buyers' Price-Fixing Claims

    Two of the country's largest interior molded door manufacturers cannot escape a consolidated antitrust class action, because direct and indirect purchasers have sufficiently alleged that the companies conspired to jack up prices in the market, a Virginia federal judge ruled Wednesday.

  6. March 06, 2019

    Door Makers Lose Battle To Take Price-Fix Suit Out Of Va.

    A Virginia federal judge rejected two door makers' push to move purchasers' price-fixing allegations to Florida or Delaware, finding Wednesday that a related suit in Virginia heavily tilts the scale towards keeping the buyers' action in the same forum.

  7. January 18, 2019

    Door Maker Looks To Move Antitrust Suit Out Of Virginia

    Masonite Corp. has asked a Virginia federal court to transfer a case accusing it and fellow door maker Jeld-Wen Inc. of a price-fixing conspiracy, arguing the proceeding has no connection to the district and complaining that the plaintiffs were engaging in "flagrant forum shopping."

  8. December 14, 2018

    Door Makers Hit With Another Price-Fixing Suit

    Door maker Jeld-Wen Inc.'s legal woes have expanded further with a new proposed antitrust class action against the company and its peer filed in Virginia federal court, this time from indirect door purchasers alleging a price-fixing conspiracy that forced higher prices on buyers.

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