Tag: Price Fixing
US: Senators bring back bill to stop OPEC ‘Price Fixing’
US Senator Chuck Grassley (Republican - Iowa), along with a fellow Republican and two Democratic lawmakers, introduced legislation in the Senate that’s aimed at...
US: Firms sued over alleged MDI, TDI price fixing
A cast-urethane producer has sued several isocyanates companies, accusing them of fixing prices, according to court documents.
The lawsuit followed a report that the US...
Germany: Regulator fines on steelmakers for price-fixing
Germany’s antitrust authority has fined six stainless steel makers, an industry association and 10 individuals a total of €205 million (US$181 million) for price...
US: Pork companies accused of conspiring to inflate prices
Several large US pork companies were hit with an antitrust lawsuit last week accusing them of conspiring to inflate pork prices in an effort...
US: New suit alleges chicken price fixing
Kroger and two other supermarket chains on Friday joined a group of corporations suing the chicken industry on allegations it manipulated US broiler chicken...
US: Japanese exec pleads guilty to conspiracy charges
An Elna executive pleaded guilty to being part of a price-fixing conspiracy involving the Japanese capacitor company and will serve a prison term, reported...
Canada: Comp Bureau seeks criminal bid-rigging convictions
Canada’s competition enforcer has criminally charged four individuals with divvying up engineering contracts awarded by the City of Gatineau. The Competition Bureau says criminal...
Australia: Court fines Air New Zealand on air cargo
Australia’s Federal Court has fined Air New Zealand US$9.5 million for its role in an air cargo cartel, the second-highest fine issued in the...
US: Egg farms cleared of price fixing cartel
Rose Acre Farms, Ohio Fresh Eggs and Sauder received a favorable verdict in a major federal antitrust litigation brought by a class of direct...
China: DRAM manufacturers face large fines in price fixing probe
The world’s top three DRAM manufacturers, Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix and Micron Technology, are all facing fines from Chinese antitrust regulators. The trio have...
