MDL-1542 In Re: Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer (EPDM) Antitrust Litigation
Master Docket No. 3:04md 1542 SRU
All actions are purported class actions brought by the plaintiffs who allege that defendants have engaged in a conspiracy to fix and maintain the price of ethylene propylene diene monomer, a synthetic polymer used to manufacture a type of rubber able to withstand harsh conditions without cracking.
Honorable Stefan R. Underhill, USDJ
Contact: Tasha Simpson or Barbara Sbalbi at 203-579-5861.
Class Counsel: See Amended Order of Class Certification
Documentation:
Initial Transfer Order
Practice and Procedure Order
Pretrial Order - 1
Conditional Transfer Order - 1
Conditional Transfer Order - 2
Order Vacating CTO - 1
Conditional Transfer Order - 3
Order and Final Judgment - Dupont Dow Elastomers LLC
Conditional Transfer Order - 4
Order and Rule 54(b) Final Judgment - Bayer Settlement
Order Reassigning Litigation
Order and Final Judgment - Chemtura Corp and Chemtura USA Corp
Order of Class Certification
Amended Order of Class Certification
MDL-1631 In Re: Publication Paper Antitrust Litigation
Master Docket No. 3:04md 1631 SRU
The actions share allegations that the defendants and their co-conspirators engaged in a continuing contract, combination or conspiracy in restraint of trade to artificially raise, fix, maintain or stabilize prices for publication paper in violation of federal antitrust laws.
Honorable Stephan R. Underhill, USDJ
Contact: Deborah Candee or Barbara Sbalbi at 203-579-5861
Lead Counsel: See Practice and Procedure Order 2
Documentation:
Intial Transfer Order
Order re: Cases added to MDL 1631
Conditional Transfer Order - 1
Practice and Procedure Order
Practice and Procedure Order - 2
Order re: Cases added to MDL 1631 - 2
Order re: Cases added to MDL 1631 - 3
Practice and Procedure Order - 3
Practice and Procedure Order - 4
Practice and Procedure Order - 5
Conditional Transfer Order - 3
Transfer Order (re CTO - 2)
Practice and Procedure Order - 6
Coordination Order for The Indirect Purchaser Publication Paper Case
MDL-1642 In Re: Polychloroprene Rubber (CR) Antitrust Litigation
Master Docket No. 3:05md 1642 SRU
Each of the actions now before the panel is brought under the Sherman Act to recover for injuries sustained as a result of an alleged conspiracy engaged in by overlapping defendants to fix CR prices and allocate CR markets.
Honorable Stephan R. Underhill, USDJ
Contact: Tasha Simpson or Barbara Sbalbi at 203-579-5861
Lead Counsel: See Pretrial Order No. 1
Documentation:
Initial Transfer Order
Practice and Procedure Order
Conditional Transfer Order - 1
Pretrial Order - 1
Order and Final Judgment - Syndial SpA
Order and Final Judgment - Bayer Settlement
Order re: Recusal
MDL-1894 In Re: US Foodservice Inc. Pricing Litigation
Master Docket No. 3:07md 1894 AWT
This litigation involves allegations that USF engaged in a scheme to overcharge its customers by manipulating the invoice cost in “cost-plus” food service contracts, under which customers were charged the cost of what USF paid for the product plus a fixed mark-up/distribution fee.
Honorable Alvin W. Thompson, Chief Judge
Contact: Linda Ferguson or Sandy Smith-O'Neill at 860-240-3200.
Lead /Liaison Counsel: See Amended Pretrial Order 1
Documentation:
Initial Transfer Order
Pretrial Order 1
Amended Pretrial Order 1
Order of Consolidation