Category: Competition Law

Kaplan Fox has been appointed by the court as co-lead counsel for direct purchasers of air cargo shipping services in an antitrust class action against the world’s major providers of air cargo shipping services….

Kaplan Fox and its’ co-counsel represent several large direct purchasers of sodium hydroxide, (commonly known as caustic soda) in civil antitrust litigation against several leading chemical manufacturers who have conspired to artificially inflate the price of sodium hydroxide dating back to at least October 1, 2015….

Kaplan Fox and its co-counsel represent several large direct purchasers of chickens (also referred to as “broilers” or “fryers”) in opt-out antitrust litigation against the nation’s chicken producers, including Claxton Poultry Farms, Fieldale Farms, Foster Farms, George’s, Harrison Poultry, House of Raeford Farms, Koch, Mar-Jac, Mountaire Farms, O.K. Foods, Peco Foods, Perdue, Pilgrim’s Pride, Sanderson Farms, Simmons Foods, Tyson Foods and Wayne Farms….

The Plaintiffs alleged that the Defendants Pfizer Inc. and Warner-Lambert Co., illegally maintained a monopoly by preventing generic versions of its blockbuster drug, Neurontin, from coming to the market, in violation of Section 2 of the Sherman Act….

Kaplan Fox has to date filed seven complaints on behalf of Affiliated Foods, Inc., Associated Grocers of New England, Inc., North Central Distributors, LLC, Cash-Wa Distributing Co. of Kearney, Inc., URM Stores, Inc., Western Family Foods, Inc., Associated Food Stores, Inc.,Giant Eagle, Inc., McLane Company, Inc., Meadowbrook Meat Company, Inc., and Associated Grocers, Inc.The complaints allege manufacturers of packaged seafood, including Tri-Union Seafoods, LLC, d/b/a Chicken of the Sea, King Oscar, Inc., Bumble Bee Foods, LLC f/k/a Bumble Bee Seafoods, LLC, and StarKist Co. conspired and fixed the prices of packaged seafood sold to customers in the United States from at least as early as January 1, 2003 to the present in violation of antitrust laws….