In Re: Optical Disk Drive Products Antitrust Litigation Case Number: 3:10-MD-2143-RS, MDL 2143 What are Optical Disk Drives (ODD)? An Optical Disk Drive (ODD) reads or writes data from optical disks, such as compact disks (CDs), DVDs, and Blue ray. These drives are the slot on, or connected to, your computer where you insert a
In re: Lithium-Ion Batteries Antitrust Litigation Case Number: 13-MD-02420-YGR What is it About? This lawsuit alleges that Defendants and co-conspirators conspired to raise and fix the prices of Li-Ion Cells, Li-Ion Batteries, and Li-Ion Products for over ten years. As a result, indirect purchaser of portable computers, camcorders, and power tools containing Li-Ion Cylindrical Batteries
In re Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation, No. 2:13-cv-20000-RDP, MDL No. 2406 What is it About? Blue Cross & Blue Shield (BCBS) is made up of 36 independent companies (Blue Plans). These individual Blue Plans would be potential competitors with each other, if not for their agreement to form Exclusive Service Areas (ESAs). ESAs
In re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation, MDL No. 1720 What is it About? The lawsuit is about claims that merchants paid excessive fees to accept Visa and Mastercard cards because Visa and Mastercard, individually, and together with their respective member banks, violated the antitrust laws. This lawsuit relates to interchange
In re Payment Card Interchange Fee and Merchant Discount Antitrust Litigation, No. 17-MD-02773-LHK, MDL No. 1720 What is it About? In 2017, the FTC sued Qualcomm in the Northern District of California alleging violations of the Federal Trade Commission Act. Subsequently, a number of follow-on lawsuits were filed by consumers, alleging violations of state and
In Re: Domestic Airline Travel Antitrust Litigation, No. 1:15-mc-01404, MDL No. 2656 What is it About? A class action lawsuit was filed against American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines, and United Airlines (the “Defendants”), in addition to US Airways and Continental Airlines. The lawsuit claims that the Defendants colluded to limit capacity on flights.