Competitor-Filed Claim: $540,000 Spectrum Recovery: Doubled original claim, to over $1 million How We Did It: Challenged Claims Administrator with new data we developed after a thorough review of client’s situation A Fortune 1000 retail company with over 3,000 store locations was acquired while we were developing a claim for them. The new parent company …
Initial Settlement Offer: $625,851 Spectrum Recovered: $11 million Client Time Invested: 5 hours How We Did It Fought for client’s rights by challenging the Claim Administrator, Lead Counsel, and Special Master, hiring counsel at our expense and going to court One of the largest rental car companies in the US, with over 5,500 locations, received …
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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 …
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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. …
“Partnering with Spectrum relieves our company’s internal resources from a paperwork nightmare.”–Cendant Corp. The good news for this client was that they were entitled to significant class action settlement benefits. However, this gain was significantly and quickly overshadowed by reality. Like so many complex organizations, Cendant had neither the hours upon hours of data collecting …
