Boston, MA, March 4, 2011 – A federal court certified a class of cities, counties, and other government entities that allegedly overpaid for prescription drugs as a result of overcharges by McKesson Corporation, the largest drug wholesaler in the country. Plaintiffs allege that McKesson fraudulently inflated certain prescription drugs’ “Average Wholesale Price,” or “AWP” –…

Atlanta, GA, Aug. 20, 2010 – The Court overseeing In re Delta / AirTran Baggage Fee Antitrust Litigation, MDL 2089 (N.D. Ga.) unsealed a number of documents that had been produced by defendants in discovery in the lawsuit but had been designated as confidential by the defendants. Plaintiffs requested that the Court “unseal” certain documents…

Atlanta, GA, Aug. 2, 2010 — The Federal District Court in Atlanta issued an order today denying a request by Delta Air Lines and AirTran Airways to dismiss a proposed class action lawsuit accusing the two airlines of conspiring to impose first checked baggage fees. The Court ruled that Plaintiffs’ allegations plausibly suggest a conspiracy…

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…