Kaplan Fox Announces $142.5 Million Settlements with Atkore, Westlake and Opis.

USDC – Northern District of Illinois

May 14, 2026

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Kaplan Fox Announces $142.5 Million Settlements with Atkore, Westlake and Opis in In re: PVC Pipe Antitrust Litigation.

Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP (www.kaplanfox.com) announces a $72.5 Million settlement with Defendants Atkore Inc., Atkore International, Inc., Atkore Plastic Pipe Corp., Atkore RMCP, Inc., and Allied Tube & Conduit Corporation (“Atkore”) in In re: PVC Pipe Antitrust Litigation, 1:24-cv-07639, which is currently pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The Court has granted preliminary approval of Atkore settlement and a final approval hearing is scheduled for October 1, 2026.

Kaplan Fox also announces a $67 million settlement with Defendants Westlake Corporation and Westlake Pipe & Fittings Corporation (“Westlake”). The Court has granted preliminary approval of the Westlake settlement and the final approval hearing is also scheduled on October 1, 2026

In addition, Kaplan Fox also announces a $3 million settlement with Defendant Oil Price Information Service, LLC (“OPIS”). The Court has granted preliminary approval of the OPIS settlement and a final approval hearing is scheduled for June 3, 2026. 

This litigation is still pending against eight defendant groups.

Kaplan Fox serves as lead counsel representing a class of direct purchasers who allege that Defendants conspired to fix, raise, maintain, and stabilize the price of PVC Pipe and/or Fittings starting as early as January 1, 2020 and continuing until March 31, 2026, and that DPP Settlement Class Members paid higher prices for PVC Pipe and/or Fittings as a result. You may contact the following Kaplan Fox attorney about the case and the settlements at (212) 687-1980:

Robert N. Kaplan:  rkaplan@kaplanfox.com

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