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  1. June 30, 2025

    DOJ Allowed To Protect Antitrust Probe Of Fragrance Market

    A New Jersey federal court on Monday granted the U.S. Department of Justice permission to intervene in a case against several fragrance companies after enforcers said they need to protect an ongoing criminal probe of the industry over a conspiracy to reduce competition.

  2. June 13, 2025

    DOJ Reveals Criminal Antitrust Probe In Fragrance Market

    The U.S. Department of Justice said Friday it is investigating potential price-fixing in the fragrance industry and asked a New Jersey federal judge for permission to intervene in litigation accusing fragrance giants of conspiring to reduce competition, saying it needs to protect the criminal investigation.

  3. July 05, 2024

    Fragrance Buyers Say EU Fine Supports Price-Fixing Claims

    Buyers accusing fragrance giants of conspiring to reduce competition told a New Jersey federal court this week their allegations were bolstered by the European Commission's discovery of a senior employee's deleted WhatsApp messages during an investigation of potential anticompetitive activity in the industry.

  4. April 09, 2024

    Fragrance Giants Want Out Of 'Threadbare' Price-Fixing Suit

    Four international fragrance giants urged a New Jersey federal court to toss a proposed class action accusing them of conspiring to reduce competition in the multibillion-dollar fragrance market, saying plaintiffs are struggling to point to any price-fixing agreement.

  5. November 27, 2023

    Nussbaum And Company Win Battle For Counsel Position

    A New Jersey federal judge has appointed Nussbaum Law Group PC, Korein Tillery PC and Hausfeld LLP as co-lead interim counsel in an antitrust suit against fragrance manufacturers, rejecting a bid from other firms led by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP for the roles.

  6. August 10, 2023

    Plaintiff Firms Say Lead Rivals Aim To 'Stuff The Ballot Box'

    A trio of firms including Cohen Milstein accused rival firms vying to be lead plaintiffs' counsel in an antitrust suit against fragrance manufacturers of trying to "stuff the ballot box," saying a Lieff Cabraser declaration in support of the rivals is just the latest attempt to inappropriately place a finger on the scale.

  7. July 26, 2023

    Firms Vie To Lead Price-Fixing Suit Against Fragrance Giants

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll LLP and Calcagni & Kanefsky PLLC are asking a New Jersey federal court to name them co-lead counsel and liaison counsel rather than a competing group in a proposed class action against an alleged cartel of fragrance manufacturers.

  8. April 19, 2023

    Global Fragrance Giants Hit With Price-Fixing Suit

    Global fragrance manufacturers Givaudan SA, International Flavors & Fragrances Inc., Symrise AG and Firmenich SA have been hit with a putative class action accusing them of conspiring to increase prices and reduce competition of fragrance products sold to U.S. retailers.