October 29, 2024 A $375 million settlement has been reached to resolve a class action that claimed UFC engaged in anticompetitive practices that caused MMA fighters to earn less than they should have.
September 26, 2024 Four more universities—including Dartmouth, Rice, Northwestern and Vanderbilt—have agreed to settle a class action that alleged the schools illegally conspired to reduce financial aid.
September 5, 2024 A class action alleges several companies have conspired to artificially inflate, fix or manipulate the price of finished PVC pipes sold in the U.S.
August 9, 2024 Toyota Mirai drivers allege in a class action that the automaker has violated antitrust laws to maintain a monopoly on the hydrogen fuel retail market in California.
July 25, 2024 A new class action lawsuit looks to halt the $35 billion merger of financial giants Capital One and Discover.
June 25, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges Hill-Rom has flagrantly violated federal antitrust law on its way to becoming the dominant supplier of hospital beds in the U.S.
May 30, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges Equifax has illegally monopolized the market for electronic income and/or employment verification services.
May 28, 2024 Live Nation faces a class action lawsuit after the Justice Dept. sued the Ticketmaster parent company, calling for the break up of the companies' alleged monopoly.
May 2, 2024 A new class action lawsuit alleges Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals holds an illegal monopoly on two drugs used in inhalation sprays to treat COPD and asthma.
April 12, 2024 A lawsuit alleges American Airlines has failed to adequately reimburse consumers or provide some similarly valued arrangement upon canceling their flight or downgrading them.
March 25, 2024 An antitrust class action lawsuit alleges Apple has effectively locked hundreds of millions of consumers into its ecosystem of devices, apps and services.
March 19, 2024 A class action alleges several of the largest sugar producers and sellers have illegally conspired to artificially inflate the price of granulated sugar in the U.S.
February 21, 2024 A class action lawsuit alleges the world's largest tiremakers have conspired to fix the prices of new replacement tires for passenger cars, vans, trucks and buses sold in the U.S.
February 16, 2024 A lawsuit alleges the NHL, CHL, and several major junior leagues and teams have colluded to restrain the services of players between 16 and 20 years old.
January 31, 2024 A class action alleges Apple has entered into unlawful agreements with browser makers to keep certain “progressive web apps” from threatening the dominance of the App Store.
January 26, 2024 A class action alleges UPMC has engaged in an anticompetitive scheme to gain monopoly power over the provision of healthcare services in certain states.
January 4, 2024 A class action alleges the NFL, its 32 teams and Fanatics have unlawfully colluded to prevent competition in the online retail marketplace for league-licensed merchandise.
December 7, 2023 A class action claims the Power Five conferences have conspired with the NCAA to unlawfully suppress compensation paid to college athletes.
October 10, 2023 A proposed class action alleges a coterie of real estate companies have conspired to fix and raise mobile home lot rental prices.
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October 9, 2023 A class action alleges PayPal has illegally wielded agreements with online retailers to prevent them from offering price incentives to steer consumers away from the payment platform.
October 5, 2023 A class action alleges Amazon has wielded “price-parity” agreements with third-party sellers to prevent price competition online and trick consumers into believing they are getting the lowest prices possible.
August 1, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims EssilorLuxottica and 48 other subsidiaries, manufacturers, retailers and fashion houses have conspired to artificially inflate the price of eyewear products by as much as 1000 percent.
June 19, 2023 A class action alleges a host of Atlantic City hotel and casino heavyweights have illegally conspired to fix, raise and stabilize hotel room prices.
April 4, 2023 A class action claims two major crop-protection product (CPP) manufacturers have unlawfully suppressed competition from generic producers, which has artificially inflated CPP prices and cost U.S. farmers millions each year.
March 20, 2023 A class action lawsuit claims Pacific Seafood has unlawfully fixed the prices paid to independent commercial crabbers for Dungeness crab caught in the Pacific Northwest.
March 15, 2023 Signature Bank and three former execs face an investor class action in the wake of the bank’s seizure by the New York Department of Financial Services.
March 15, 2023 A class action alleges Tesla has unlawfully monopolized, or attempted to monopolize, the market for replacement parts and repair services for its vehicles.
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January 27, 2023 A who’s-who of hotel operators faces a class action that alleges they have illegally conspired to artificially inflate prices for rooms on the Las Vegas Strip.
December 13, 2022 A class action alleges a JetBlue and American Airlines "alliance" has eliminated competition between the two at the four largest airports nationwide and caused prices to increase for consumers.
December 2, 2022 A class action alleges the NCAA and its member schools have unlawfully conspired to fix the wages of certain college baseball coaches at zero, suppressing labor competition.
November 30, 2022 A class action alleges "anticompetitive agreements" between Disney and competitors in the live TV streaming market have caused the price of YouTube TV and other subscriptions to nearly double.
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November 14, 2022 Eleven of the country’s largest meat processors have conspired to fix and depress the wages paid to employees at red meat processing plants nationwide, a class action alleges.
November 9, 2022 Apple and Amazon face a class action that alleges the retailers have worked together to eliminate or at least severely reduce the “competitive threat” posed by third-party merchants.
November 3, 2022 A class action alleges RealPage has aided a collection of lessors who have illegally agreed to artificially inflate the prices of student housing in college towns nationwide.
October 20, 2022 Five plaintiffs allege “a cartel” of lessors has for at least the past six years colluded to artificially raise the prices of multifamily residential real estate in the U.S. to above competitive levels.
August 1, 2022 Dairy Farmers of America faces a proposed class action over a series of allegedly anticompetitive actions in the Northeast market for raw Grade A milk.
July 27, 2022 A class action alleges “anticompetitive behavior” on the part of IDEXX Labs has caused pet owners to pay artificially inflated prices for certain veterinary diagnostic tests.
July 19, 2022 A proposed class action alleges Apple has illegally monopolized the mobile wallet market by preventing consumers from using products capable of offering competing tap-and-pay solutions.
July 15, 2022 A class action Amazon has wielded minimum margin agreements with suppliers to prevent other online retailers from offering the same products Amazon sells at a lower price.
June 14, 2022 A proposed class action alleges Major League Baseball, all 30 teams, and Fanatics, Inc. have illegally wiped out competition in the third-party online marketplace for licensed apparel.
May 17, 2022 Coinbase and the issuer of the GYEN cryptocurrency face a class action over their alleged failure to disclose the stablecoin’s apparent susceptibility to “wild fluctuations in value."
May 17, 2022 The State Bar of Calif. faces a class action over what four plaintiffs allege was the unauthorized disclosure of hundreds of thousands of confidential disciplinary records.
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April 18, 2022 Google and Alphabet face a class action that alleges the tech giants have for years forced those who use their digital-mapping product APIs into a locked-in bundle of services before then hiking up the price.
April 5, 2022 A class action lawsuit alleges the two largest dairy cooperatives in the Southwest United States have illegally conspired for years to suppress the pay remitted to dairy farmers.
March 7, 2022 A lawsuit alleges CUSIP Global Services, S&P Global, FactSet Research Systems and the American Bankers Association have conspired to eliminate competition for the use of CUSIPs, an identification number system for securities.
January 18, 2022 LinkedIn faces a proposed class action over its alleged monopolization of the professional social networking market.
January 17, 2022 A class action alleges John Deere has monopolized the repair service market for its agricultural equipment by making critical software and tools inaccessible to farmers and independent repair shops.
January 12, 2022 A class action alleges Major League Baseball and all 30 teams have routinely and openly colluded to restrict and depress the wages and compensation paid to minor league players.
January 7, 2022 Live Nation Entertainment and Ticketmaster face a class action over the alleged monopoly they hold over the primary and secondary ticket and concert promotion markets in the U.S.
December 16, 2021 A class action alleges a Raytheon Technologies division and other aerospace firms unlawfully agreed to restrain competition in the labor market in which they compete for employees.
