LGN is Co-Lead Counsel for a proposed plaintiff class of direct purchasers of potash who allege that sellers and distributors of potash colluded to restrict the supply of and increase prices for potash in the United States since at least July 1, 2003. This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois before the Honorable Ruben Castillo.
LGN is Class Counsel for a proposed plaintiff class of indirect purchasers of airfreight cargo shipping services for shipments within, to or from the United States. This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York before the Honorable John Gleeson. View additional information.
LGN is Co-Lead Counsel for a proposed plaintiff class of direct purchasers of aspartame, an artificial sweetener, who allege that sellers of aspartame colluded to restrict the supply of and increase prices for aspartame in the United States from January 1, 1992 through December 31, 2003. This action is currently pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania before the Honorable Legrome D. Davis.
LGN is Co-Lead Counsel for a proposed plaintiff class of direct purchasers of Construction Flat Glass Products in the United States in a case alleging an anticompetitive conspiracy among flat glass producers in the United States. This litigation is pending in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania before Chief Judge Donetta Ambrose.
LGN is Co-Lead Counsel for the proposed plaintiff class of direct purchasers of freight forwarding services (the organization of transportation of items via air, ship, rail and truck both nationally and internationally) from January 1, 2001 to the present. The action is pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York before the Honorable John Gleeson.
LGN is liaison counsel for a proposed plaintiff class of direct purchasers who allege SuperValu Inc. and C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. wrongly allocated territories and customers for their wholesale grocery goods and related services. This action is pending in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota before the Honorable Ann D. Montgomery.
LGN was Co-Lead Counsel for this certified class of direct purchaser plaintiffs in the polyester polyol actions of the consolidated antitrust litigation. This litigation was consolidated in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas before the Honorable John Lungstrum. LGN and co-counsel obtained $33 million in settlements for the benefit of the plaintiff class of all direct purchasers of aliphatic polyester polyols, aliphatic polyester polymers and prepolymers, and aliphatic polyester-based polyurethane systems ("polyester polyol products").
Judge Lungstrum noted that the successful resolution of this case by LGN and our co-counsel
resulted from vigorous arm’s-length negotiations which were undertaken in good faith by counsel with significant experience litigating antitrust class actions.
View settlement notice for the polyester polyol class.
The polyether polyol actions in this consolidated case are ongoing. View notice of settlements approved thus far in polyether polyol actions.
LGN is Co-Lead Counsel for the class of direct purchaser plaintiffs who allege a price-fixing conspiracy among leading manufacturers of adhesive labelstock and film-based self-adhesive labelstock in the United States. This litigation is pending in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania before the Honorable Thomas Vanaskie.
Judge Vanaskie has commended LGN and our co-counsel for our experience and prosecution of this litigation:
Co-Lead Counsel are well-versed in antitrust law and have demonstrated their knowledge throughout the course of these proceedings . . . . [T]he Court has observed Co-Lead Counsel’s performance . . . and is convinced they will fairly and adequately represent the interests of the class.
LGN was Co-Lead Counsel for a class of direct purchasers of Monosodium Glutamate (MSG) and nucleotides (both food flavor enhancers). We recovered over $123 million for the benefit of the class from suppliers in the U.S., Japan, and Korea. This action was litigated in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota before then-Chief Judge Paul Magnuson.
Judge Magnuson commended LGN and our co-counsel for our prosecution of this case, and said:
Plaintiffs’ counsel conducted themselves in an exemplary fashion throughout the litigation, and are to be commended for their fine work in this litigation.
In addition, LGN has played a significant role in prosecuting the following cases, among many others:
LGN is plaintiffs’ co-counsel in this litigation alleging an antitrust conspiracy by sellers and distributors of aftermarket oil, air, and fuel filters. This case is pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois before the Honorable Robert Gettleman.
LGN is co-counsel for a plaintiff class of direct purchasers who allege anticompetitive conduct among distributors and manufacturers of baby products beginning in 1999. This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania before the Honorable Anita B. Brody.
LGN is co-counsel for the proposed plaintiff class of direct purchasers of blood reagents (used in testing and screening human blood) from January 1, 2000 to the present. The action is pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania before the Honorable Jan E. DuBois.
LGN is plaintiffs’ co-counsel in this litigation alleging an antitrust conspiracy by producers and sellers of cathode ray tubes ("CRT") and CRT Products in the United States. This litigation is pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California before the Honorable Samuel Conti.
LGN is co-counsel for a proposed plaintiff class of direct purchasers who allege a conspiracy among the largest chocolate manufacturers to fix prices of chocolate bars and other chocolate confectionery products. This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania before the Honorable Christopher C. Conner.
LGN is co-counsel for a proposed plaintiff class of direct purchasers who allege collusion regarding the sale of music sold as digital files via Internet and CDs from December 29, 2001 through the present. This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York before the Honorable Loretta A. Preska.
LGN is co-counsel for a proposed plaintiff class of direct purchasers who allege anticompetitive conduct by manufacturers of fasteners in the textile, apparel, footwear and luggage industries from January 1, 1991 through September 19, 2007. This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania before the Honorable R. Barclay Surrick.
LGN is co-counsel for a proposed plaintiff class of direct purchasers who allege an antitrust conspiracy among Portland cement, ready-mix concrete and concrete block manufacturers in the State of Florida from January 2000 to the present. This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida before the Honorable Cecilia M. Altonaga.
LGN is plaintiffs’ co-counsel in this litigation alleging an antitrust conspiracy to suppress and eliminate competition in the market for coastal water freight transportation services between the United States and Hawaii and Guam. This case is pending in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington before the Honorable Thomas Zilly.
LGN is co-counsel for the proposed plaintiff class of direct purchasers of optical disk drives and products containing them from November 1, 2005 to the present. The action is pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California before the Honorable Vaughn R. Walker.
LGN is plaintiffs’ co-counsel in this litigation alleging an antitrust conspiracy by producers and sellers of oriented strand board ("OSB") in the United States. This case is pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania before the Honorable Paul Diamond. The Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs Class recently settled this case and obtained over $120 million for the benefit of the Class. Link to settlement notice.
LGN is co-counsel representing a proposed plaintiff class alleging anticompetitive collusion by United States and Canadian producers of packaged ice sold in the United States. This litigation is pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan before the Honorable Paul Borman.
LGN is plaintiffs’ co-counsel in this litigation for a proposed plaintiff class of merchants that have accepted Visa and/or Mastercard Credit and/or Debit Cards in the United States, and who allege an antirust conspiracy among Visa, MasterCard and their member banks regarding the merchant and interchange fees for use of their cards. This litigation is pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York before the Honorable John Gleeson.
LGN is co-counsel for the proposed plaintiff class of direct purchasers of blood plasma derivative protein therapies from July 1, 2003 to the present. The action is pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois before the Honorable Joan B. Gottschall.
LGN is co-counsel for the proposed plaintiff class of direct purchasers of shell eggs and egg products from January 1, 2000 to the present. The action is pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania before the Honorable Gene E.K. Pratter.
LGN is co-counsel for the proposed plaintiff class of direct purchasers of Puerto Rican cabotage services (coastal water freight transportation services between U.S. and Puerto Rico) from May 1, 2002 through April 17, 2008. The action is pending in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico before the Honorable Daniel R. Dominguez.
LGN is co-counsel for a class of direct purchasers alleging a conspiracy to fix prices of ready-mixed concrete delivered to facilities in Central Indiana from July 1, 2000 through May 25, 2004. This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana before the Honorable Sarah Evans Barker.
LGN is co-counsel for the proposed plaintiff class of direct purchasers against defendants who allege price-fixing of compressors and compressor products sold in the United States beginning in 1996. This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan before the Honorable Sean F. Cox.
LGN is plaintiffs’ co-counsel in this litigation alleging an antitrust conspiracy by sellers and distributors of TFT-LCD Products in the United States. This litigation is pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California before the Honorable Susan Illston.
LGN is co-counsel representing a proposed plaintiff class of direct purchasers alleging an anticompetitive conspiracy among manufacturers of processed tomato products for the period of January 2005 through December 2008. This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California before the Honorable Morrison C. England, Jr.
LGN is co-counsel for the proposed plaintiff class of direct purchasers of international air passenger travel between the U.S. & Asia/Oceania from January 1, 2000 to the present. The action is pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California before the Honorable Charles R. Breyer.
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