ABOUT HAUSFELD LLP

Firm Summary

• Serving as Lead Counsel for non-US claims in the Air Cargo Antitrust Litigation on behalf of air freight customers against a group of international flagship airlines for fixing prices on air freight shipping. This case has already resulted in a landmark $85 million settlement with Lufthansa and will result in thousands of European businesses recovering damages for infringements of both US antitrust and EU competition law.

• The successful litigation and settlement of foreign claims in the case of Kruman v. Christie’s International PLC. et al., marking the first time that non-US claimants as a class received compensation for violation of competition laws (the fixing of auction commissions) – a milestone in both US antitrust jurisprudence and European recovery.

• Serving as Co-Lead Counsel in the Air Passenger Antitrust Litigation on behalf of thousands of air travelers around the world against British Airways and Virgin Atlantic Airways for fixing prices of air passenger transportation to and from the UK to all long-haul destinations in the world. Hausfeld LLP lawyers secured the first recovery for foreign citizens based on foreign antitrust law in a US antitrust case.

• Successful representation in the landmark case of Empagran v. F. Hoffman LaRoche, Inc., et al., of foreign purchasers in U.S. federal court to recover the billions of dollars in overcharges that resulted from a global conspiracy to fix vitamin prices and allocate market share. This case was litigated by Hausfeld LLP lawyers all the way to the United States Supreme Court, which delivered a groundbreaking judgment on US Sherman Act jurisdiction. The scope of the jurisdiction was defined and confirmed that intertwined US and non-US claims against worldwide cartels may continue to be brought in the US courts. This case was designated as the “Matter of the Year” by the Global Competition Review.

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