January 03, 2021
U.S. technology companies are facing a mountain of antitrust litigation heading into 2021, as enforcers push blockbuster monopolization cases against Google and Facebook. Meanwhile, long-running criminal probes in the generic drug and poultry industries are heating up. Here’s a look at the biggest antitrust conduct cases to watch.
November 23, 2020
A group of drug buyers and states asked a Pennsylvania federal judge Friday to reject Teva Pharmaceutical's bid to scrap a bellwether trial in multidistrict litigation over civil price-fixing claims to await the outcome of related criminal charges, calling the drugmaker's efforts to keep witnesses from overlapping a "fool's errand."
September 10, 2020
A contingent of state attorneys general suing generic-drug makers over allegations of price-fixing as part of a sprawling multidistrict litigation have said that drugmakers' proposed schedule for four bellwether cases would delay the first trial for months longer than necessary.
August 27, 2020
Generic-drug companies accused of orchestrating an industrywide price-fixing scheme have told a Pennsylvania federal court that the state attorney general's office is refusing to hand over documents they need to help mount a defense.
August 12, 2020
A class of indirect resellers who are accusing a group of generic-drug makers of a price-fixing conspiracy in a multidistrict litigation case told a Pennsylvania federal court the drugmakers incorrectly reviewed the record before accusing the resellers of trying to avoid being among the first cases to go to trial.
August 11, 2020
A class of indirect resellers accusing a group of generic-drug makers of a price-fixing conspiracy don't want their cases to proceed to trial first in multidistrict litigation, the drugmakers told a Pennsylvania federal court in a Monday filing.
July 14, 2020
The Pennsylvania federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation for price-fixing allegations in the generic drug industry has selected a case from state attorneys general to serve as a bellwether along with three private cases centered on individual drugs.
June 10, 2020
State enforcers added more treatments to their price-fixing case against generic-drug makers with a third complaint Wednesday in Connecticut federal court accusing 26 companies and 10 individuals of "rampant" collusion on topically applied treatments.
April 03, 2020
Buyers accusing generic-drug makers of price-fixing urged a Pennsylvania federal judge Thursday to accept a special master's recommendation and pick a lawsuit by states as their bellwether conspiracy case, pushing back against Teva Pharmaceuticals' objection to the special master's choice.
March 13, 2020
Teva Pharmaceuticals and other generic-drug makers slammed a special master's recommendation that an antitrust suit by multiple states and territories be the bellwether in Pennsylvania-based multidistrict litigation, arguing it gives an unfair edge to previously filed class actions lodging the same price-fixing claims.