September 18, 2018. In the largest settlement of an antitrust case in U.S. history, a class of all merchants in the United States who accept Visa or Mastercard as payment agreed to accept $6.26 billion from the country’s largest banks for past price fixing. The case, which has been hard fought for over 13 [...]
July 27, 2018. Hartley LLP is pursuing claims on behalf of end-payors of the prescription drug ExForge, which is used to treat high blood pressure. The complaint, filed in the Southern District of New York, alleges that Novartis, Par (now part of Endo) conspired to keep a cheaper generic version of ExForge off the market [...]
July 9, 2018. Jason Hartley was quoted by Law360 in an article concerning the latest urethane chemicals case filed by Hartley LLP. You can find this article at this link: https://www.law360.com/articles/1060935/basf-others-face-price-fixing-suit-for-polyurethane-input
July 6, 2018. Hartley LLP filed a complaint on behalf of a class of direct purchasers of key inputs for polyurethanes. The complaint alleges that the prices of isocyanates MDI and TDI which, when combined with polyols form a polyurethane, were artificially manipulated by their manufacturers. Bayer, BASF, Covestro, Huntsman, DupontDow, and Mitsui are alleged [...]
June 29, 2018. Hartley LLP filed a class action complaint against Merck and Glenmark for engaging in anticompetitive activity surrounding the cholesterol drug, Zetia (ezetimibe). The complaint alleges that the drug’s brand manufacturer, Merck, entered into an unlawful reverse payment agreement with Glenmark, the generic drug manufacturer, to stay out of the Zetia market for [...]
June 13, 2018. Hartley LLP attorneys filed an antitrust class action against Wabtec and Knorr-Bremse for their alleged agreement not to solicit or hire each others employees. These companies dominate the market for rail support in the United States and the agreements between those companies, and a third named Faiveley, which was since acquired by Wabtec, [...]
April 11, 2018. Hartley LLP filed a lawsuit against several manufacturers of inductors, passive electronic components found in most electronic devices. The complaint alleges that Kemet, Murata, TOKO, Okaya, Panasonic, Sanyo, Sumida, Taiyo Yuden, TKD, Tokin and JEITA conspired to fix the prices of inductors sold to companies in the United States. The DOJ has [...]
February 2, 2018. The Judges of the federal court in San Diego selected Jason Hartley as a lawyer representative for the legal community. Lawyer representatives serve as liaisons between the judges and lawyers in San Diego, organize and sponsor the annual District Court Conference, and attend the Ninth Circuit Conference each year. "I am honored [...]