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Lieff Cabraser's Antitrust Law Practice Group
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| Federal and state
antitrust laws are designed to protect the economy and
to promote competition among businesses by prohibiting
price fixing and other forms of anticompetitive conduct.
Claims for damages under the federal antitrust laws are
ordinarily limited to businesses or individuals who purchased
goods or services directly from the person or company
that violates the antitrust laws. Since most products
pass through the hands of distributors, wholesalers, or
retailers before reaching the consumer, most claims for
damages under the federal antitrust laws can only be brought
by businesses, not consumers, that are at the top of the
distribution chain. |
| Many state antitrust laws, however, including Californias,
also allow consumers and other end-users of products to
receive compensation resulting from anticompetitive conduct,
even if they did not purchase goods or services directly
from the person or company that violates the antitrust laws. |
| Lieff
Cabraser has played a prominent role in federal litigation
under the Sherman Act on behalf of businesses in numerous
markets including prescription drugs, polypropylene carpets,
compact discs, lineboard, carbon fiber, plastic laminates,
flat glass, industrial pigments and vitamins. |
| Lieff
Cabraser is one of the firms leading the many actions challenging
the efforts of brand name prescription drug manufacturers
to exclude or prevent generic competition and otherwise
to stabilize prices. Lieff Cabraser has also served as trial
counsel in actions involving price discrimination and other
unfair practices. |
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successfully represented a certified class of California
purchasers of brand name prescription drugs against the
nation's major pharmaceuticals manufacturers. In that case
we obtained a partial settlement of approximately $178 million
in cash and pharmaceuticals to be distributed for the benefit
of low income and indigent California residents. We also
successfully represented California indirect purchasers
of vitamins and products containing vitamins against the
world's top vitamin manufacturers alleging the companies
conspired to fix the price of vitamins. In 2002, the court
approved a $96 million settlement. |
| To learn about our
current antitrust cases, click
here. |
| To
contact an antitrust attorney at Lieff Cabraser, click
here. |
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| Note: This summary is intended to provide a basic
overview of typical cases of our firm. It is for informational
purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Please
read our disclaimer. |
| Lieff
Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP is a fifty-plus
attorney law firm that has represented plaintiffs nationwide
since 1972. We have offices in San Francisco, New York
and Nashville. We represent plaintiffs in class and
group actions and in individual lawsuits in cases involving
substantial losses. For the last five years, the National
Law Journal has selected Lieff
Cabraser as one of the top plaintiffs' law firms in
the nation. |
| This website is sponsored by Lieff Cabraser
Heimann & Bernstein,
LLP, a national plaintiffs' law firm. |
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LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN, LLP |
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| Notice: Lieff
Cabraser attorneys provide legal advice and practice law for clients in
federal district courts throughout the United States and in state courts
where we are licensed to practice. In states in which our lawyers are not
licensed to practice, we have affiliations with local attorneys who serve
as co-counsel with our firm. Please read our disclaimer. |
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