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In re: Pressure Sensitive Labelstock Antitrust LitigationMDL Docket No. 3:03-MDL-1556, U.S.D.C., Middle District of Pennsylvania March 2009
Hausfeld LLP is co-lead counsel in this case brought on behalf of direct purchasers of self-adhesive labelstock for alleged violations of the U.S. antitrust laws. Plaintiffs claim that beginning in 1999, the defendant labelstock manufacturers and their co-conspirators participated in a conspiracy to fix, raise, maintain, and stabilize prices for self-adhesive lablestock sold in the United States in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act. Plaintiffs allege that Defendants’ unlawful conduct caused them to pay artificially high prices for self-adhesive labelstock.
The court has granted Plaintiffs’ motion for class certification and has twice denied Defendants’ motions to dismiss. The court also granted final approval to a settlement with Defendants UPM-Kymmene and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Raflatac, Inc., which calls for those defendants to pay $8.25 million and cooperate with Plaintiffs.
For more information, please contact Brian A. Ratner, Brent W. Landau, and Reena Armillay Gambhir.
Practice Areas: Antitrust / Competition
Supporting Documents
» Order re: Class Certification
(PDF)
» Order re: Motion to Dismiss
(JPG)
» Order re: Motion to Dismiss (Bemis)
(JPG)
» Memorandum re: Final Approval of Settlement
(JPG)
