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Unraveling the Sugar Conspiracy: US Sugar Refiners and Sellers Accused of Price Fixing.

US sugar producers and sellers conspired to fix prices and manipulate sugar market to their advantage. In the realm of economic markets, competition stands as the cornerstone of fair trade, ensuring consumers access to products at reasonable prices. However, when this equilibrium is disrupted by collusive practices, the repercussions reverberate through the economy, leaving consumers…

Koch Foods Under Investigation For Antitrust Practices In Poultry Industry

Koch Foods Requirement For Long-Term Contracts With Hefty Exit Penalties Designed To Suppress Competition Among Chicken Farmers. Koch Foods, one of the leading players in the poultry processing industry, is facing intense scrutiny over allegations of antitrust behavior aimed at stifling competition among chicken farmers. The company has come under the regulatory radar for allegedly…

Wealth Management Companies Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Arising From Anticompetitive Recruitment Practices

Asset/Wealth management firms accused of violating antitrust laws by stifling employees rights to free and fair market. A group of asset and wealth management companies are accused of violating antitrust laws by conspiring to depress wages as well as to restrict employee recruitment and hiring according to a recently filed class action lawsuit. Defendants named…

Manufactured Home Community Owners Collude To Fix Lot Rents – Lawsuit

Owners of manufactured home communities rely on Datacomp reports to reduce or eliminate competition among themselves on price, services, and quality for manufactured home lots. A lawsuit was recently filed against several corporate owners of manufactured home communities alleging they collude with one another to increase profits by artificially inflating pad rentals. The consequence is…

Amazon Sued For Tricking Users Into Subscribing For Prime Service

Amazon accused of illegally inducing consumers to sign up for its Prime service and then hindering them from canceling their subscription. A recently filed lawsuit alleges that Amazon “duped millions of consumers” into enrolling in Prime by using “manipulative, coercive or deceptive” design tactics on its website known as “dark patterns.” And when consumers wanted…

NCAA’s Unpaid Volunteer Coaching Rule Violates Antitrust Law – Lawsuit

NCAA and member schools colluded to act as a single buyer cartel to lower costs by prohibiting Division 1 “volunteer coaches” from earning anything in violation of federal law. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (“NCAA”) is once more the subject of a class action lawsuit. This time the complaint alleges the NCAA, acting like a…

Fragrance Industry Suppliers Again Being Investigated For Anticompetitive Practices

An Investigation is currently being conducted amid renewed allegations of price fixing and other antitrust violations in the fragrance industry. The  investigation centers around fragrance products for use in the manufacture of consumer products such as household and personal care products. What Is Price Fixing And Why Is It Illegal? Price fixing is a type…