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In re: Chocolate Confectionary Antitrust LitigationCase No. 1:08-MDL-1935, U.S.D.C, Middle District of Pennsylvania March 2009
Hausfeld LLP is co-lead counsel on behalf of a proposed class of direct purchaser plaintiffs in this antitrust case in which plaintiffs allege that the major chocolate manufacturers, Nestle, Cadbury, Hershey and Mars, unlawfully conspired to fix prices in violation of the Sherman Act. Specifically, the plaintiffs allege that beginning in December 2002, after a long period of stable pricing for chocolate candy, the defendants enacted a series of price increases in the United States, despite declining demand and largely stable raw material costs. These price increases corresponded in time to secret meetings that the defendants held at coffee shops, restaurants, and trade conventions. Recent rulings by the court in Harrisburg have cleared the way for the case to proceed against The Hershey Company, Hershey Canada, Inc., Mars Inc., Mars Snackfoods U.S., LLC, Nestle U.S.A., Inc., Cadbury plc, Cadbury Holdings Limited and Cadbury Adams Canada, Inc.
For more information, please contact Robert G. Eisler in our Philadelphia office or Hilary K. Scherrer in our Washington, DC office.
Practice Areas: Antitrust / Competition
Supporting Documents
» Consolidated Class Action Complaint
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