Supreme Court Upholds Seventh Circuit Ruling that McDonald’s Employee Mobility Restriction Litigation Should Move Forward

Lieff Cabraser represents employee plaintiffs in class action litigation against fast food chain McDonald’s over the company’s so-called “no-poach” employee pay and mobility restrictions which prohibit employees from seeking opportunities at other establishments within the vast McDonald’s chain. In August of 2023, the Seventh Circuit overturned a lower court’s dismissal of

2024-03-19T14:44:33+00:00March 18th, 2024|Antitrust, Employment Law|

Plaintiffs in Antitrust Class Action Against HCA Healthcare/Mission Health Defeat Defendants’ Motions to Dismiss the Lawsuit

On February 21, 2024, plaintiffs represented by Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel completely defeated HCA Healthcare/Mission Health’s multiple attempts to get patient claims thrown out of the proposed class action lawsuit alleging the hospital giants are monopolizing hospital-based care in Asheville, North Carolina through the use of illegal anti-competitive terms in their contracts with insurers.

2024-02-22T21:59:11+00:00February 22nd, 2024|Antitrust|

Plaintiffs Defeat T-Mobile’s Motion to Dismiss Private Antitrust Lawsuit Over $26B Sprint Deal

T-Mobile will now face private antitrust action over its allegedly anticompetitive 2022 merger with Sprint In June of 2022, Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel filed a federal class action complaint against Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile, and Softbank Group challenging the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint as a violation of the antitrust laws, specifically the Clayton Act and

2023-11-06T21:31:30+00:00November 6th, 2023|Antitrust, Firm News|

Judge Denies Motion to Dismiss in California Bail Bonds Antitrust Price-Fixing Class Action

As reported by Law360 (subscription), U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar for the Northern District of California has issued an order denying the latest motion by California bail bond industry players to dismiss claims from a class action lawsuit accusing them of conspiring to charge artificially high prices for bail bonds. The class action seeks damages for

2022-11-10T22:35:08+00:00November 10th, 2022|Antitrust|

North Carolina Attorney General Files Amicus Brief Urging Court to Move Forward With Antitrust Claims Against Mission Health

As reported by Law360 (subscription), on November 8, 2022, North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein filed an amicus brief urging a federal court to move forward with an antitrust class action against HCA Healthcare/Mission Health alleging the hospital giant is abusing its market power to prevent insurers from offering patients financial incentives to use lower cost

2022-11-10T02:58:36+00:00November 10th, 2022|Antitrust|

Lieff Cabraser and Co-Counsel File Federal Antitrust Class Action Lawsuit Against Alleged Rental Housing Cartel

Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, Hausfeld LLP, Berger Montague PC, and Justice Catalyst Law have filed a federal antitrust class action against RealPage, Inc. (“RealPage”) and several of RealPage’s property management clients (the “Lessor Defendants”) (collectively, “Defendants”). Counsel represents the plaintiffs who filed this suit, as well as a proposed class of similarly situated

2022-10-19T20:59:30+00:00October 19th, 2022|Antitrust|

Lieff Cabraser and Co-Counsel File Federal Antitrust Class Action Lawsuit Against Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile US, and Softbank Group over T-Mobile/Sprint Merger

Federal lawsuit alleges American consumers have paid billions more for wireless services after one of the most anti-competitive acquisitions in history reduced the number of U.S. retail mobile carriers from four to three and combined two fierce competitors into a single behemoth with no incentive to compete CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–On Friday, June 17, 2022, Lieff Cabraser

2022-08-23T16:00:00+00:00June 17th, 2022|Antitrust|

Final Approval Granted to $48.95M Knorr Wabtec Railway Industry Employee No-Poach Antitrust Settlement

On August 26, 2020, Judge Joy Flowers Conti of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania granted final approval to a settlement of the labor antitrust litigation filed by Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel on behalf of railway workers who alleged an illegal scheme by Knorr and Wabtec to improperly avoid hiring each other’s employees to artificially suppress compensation and competition in the related job market.

2021-02-26T02:59:02+00:00February 23rd, 2021|News|

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