July 7, 2010, Minneapolis, MN – The U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota issued a ruling today denying Defendant C&S Wholesale Grocers and Defendant Supervalu, Inc.’s motion to dismiss claims brought by a proposed class of retail grocery stores that purchased grocery products from Defendants. Plaintiffs allege that the Defendants entered into an…

Chicago, IL, February 2010 – Kotchen & Low LLP represents Technology Research Group (“TRG”) in a lawsuit filed by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (“CME”) and Chicago Board of Trade (“CBOT”). TRG owns United States Patent No. 5,963,923, which claims an electronic trading system (and method) involving a “principal market maker.” A principal market maker is…

Atlanta, GA, January 5, 2010 – On January 5, 2010, Judge Timothy Batten of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia appointed Kotchen & Low LLP as Co-Lead Interim Class Counsel in MDL 2089, In Re Delta / AirTran Baggage Fee Antitrust Litigation. Kotchen & Low LLP represents a proposed class of…

Minneapolis, MN, Dec. 16, 2009 – On December 15, 2009 Judge Ann Montgomery of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota appointed Kotchen & Low LLP as Co-Lead Interim Class Counsel in In re Wholesale Grocery Products Antitrust Litigation, MDL 2090. Kotchen & Low LLP represents a proposed class of retail grocery stores…

Washington, D.C., October 6, 2009 – The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“MDL Panel”) granted a motion filed by Kotchen & Low LLP to consolidate and transfer 11 separate class action lawsuits filed against Delta Air Lines and AirTran Airways before Judge Timothy Batten in Atlanta, Georgia. After Kotchen & Low LLP filed its original…

July 31, 2009, New York – CompLaw 360 and IP Law 360 both published an article today co-authored by Daniel Kotchen, Daniel Low, and Bert Foer – the President of the American Antitrust Institute, which encourages the Department of Justice to take an active role in analyzing and addressing the potential anticompetitive effects of the…

July 17, 2009, Detroit MI – The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan issued a ruling today reinstating claims brought by former packaged ice sales executive Martin McNulty against Reddy Ice, Home City Ice, and Joseph Riley for violation of the Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”). Mr. McNulty alleged that these…

June 23, 2009, New York – CompLaw 360 published an article today written by Daniel Low and Daniel Kotchen advocating proposed legislation to provide rewards to antitrust whistleblowers in the form of a percentage of any criminal fine or disgorgement recovered as a result of the whistleblower’s disclosures. The article is available here.

May 29, 2009, Detroit MI – The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan issued a ruling today denying Arctic Glacier’s motion to dismiss claims brought by former packaged ice sales executive Martin McNulty for violations of the Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”) and for tortious interference. Mr. McNulty alleged that Arctic…

Atlanta, GA, May 26, 2009 — Delta Air Lines and AirTran Airways were served today with a complaint accusing the airlines of colluding regarding the imposition of a $15 first checked bag fee. Plaintiffs Brent Avery and David Watson are Delta and AirTran passengers who paid the fee that both airlines announced in November 2008…