December 02, 2024
A Colorado federal judge has rejected an effort by a Berkshire Hathaway-owned construction supplier to reverse a jury verdict against it for monopolistic practices, but agreed to trim a $20 million judgment by nearly 10% to prevent a potentially "expensive retrial."
June 11, 2024
A Berkshire Hathaway-owned construction supplier asked a Colorado federal judge Monday to reverse its $20 million jury trial loss to a smaller rival in the insulation material business, arguing that the damages are untethered to the alleged conduct, especially under a Tenth Circuit decision reviving the antitrust lawsuit.
May 03, 2024
A Colorado federal jury on Friday awarded the rival of a Berkshire Hathaway-owned construction supplier $6.7 million for the larger company's monopolistic practices, hours after a judge scolded the Berkshire company's lawyer because he "crossed a line" during closings.
April 24, 2024
Current and former executives for construction distribution companies told a Denver jury Wednesday they believed a Berkshire Hathaway-owned construction supply company pressured them not to do business with a smaller rival, with one witness saying he initially stuck with the Berkshire supplier because it didn't seem like an "idle threat."
April 22, 2024
A construction supplier told a Colorado federal jury Monday that a Berkshire Hathaway-owned rival tried to smother its entry into the calcium silicate industrial insulation market, alleging the larger company warned customers to stay away from the newcomer so that it could maintain its monopoly.
April 26, 2022
Aggressive efforts to protect market share aren't anti-competitive on their own, a Colorado federal judge said Tuesday, tossing a lawsuit accusing a Berkshire Hathaway-owned construction supplier of illegally coercing distributors to continue solely buying its insulation after a single competitor challenged its monopoly over industrial-grade insulation.
March 24, 2020
A Colorado federal judge declined to toss renewed allegations that a Berkshire Hathaway-owned construction company made illegal attempts to maintain its dominance of the industrial-grade insulation market, rejecting the firm's argument that the amended complaint failed to redress the defects in the original suit.
July 08, 2019
A Berkshire Hathaway-owned construction company has won its bid to escape a suit challenging its dominance of the industrial-grade insulation market, after a Colorado federal court found that a competitor that brought the suit failed to present sufficient monopoly claims to justify relief.
March 25, 2019
An insulation company has told a Colorado federal court that a Berkshire Hathaway-owned construction company engaged in "deliberate, systematic and illegal attempts to maintain its 98 percent monopoly" of the industrial-grade insulation market.