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Lieff Cabraser Announces Settlement of Lovenox/Enoxaparin Drug Antitrust Class Action with Momenta and Sandoz

$120 million aggregate settlement will benefit hospitals, insurers and companies that pay for their employees’ healthcare costs, and uninsured people affected by the pharma companies’ alleged anticompetitive conduct Lieff Cabraser is proud to announce that Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Sandoz Inc. have agreed to settlements totaling $120 million in the antitrust class action about enoxaparin,

LieffCabraser2019-12-22T14:23:27+00:00December 22nd, 2019|Antitrust|

Plaintiffs Secure $35M Settlement With Momenta Pharma in Lovenox Blood Clot Drug Antitrust Class Action

As reported by Law360 (subscription), the parties in the Lovenox/Enox blood clot drug antitrust lawsuit have announced a $35 million settlement in the class action lawsuit brought on behalf of thousands of buyers of generic Lovenox (enoxaparin) that accused the company and Sandoz Pharmaceuticals of illegally conspiring to prevent other drug companies from competing in the

LieffCabraser2019-12-12T12:44:18+00:00December 12th, 2019|Antitrust, Firm News|

Lieff Cabraser Duke/UNC “No Poach” Case Team Receives Antitrust Institute’s 2019 Private Enforcement Award

At its annual Antitrust Enforcement Awards dinner in Washington, D.C., the American Antitrust Institute formally presented its selection of leading legal practitioners and economists to be recognized as honorees for the 2019 Antitrust Enforcement Awards, a list that includes the Lieff Cabraser team that worked on the Duke/UNC case: Dean M. Harvey, Kelly M. Dermody, Brendan P. Glackin,

LieffCabraser2022-09-21T17:45:38+00:00November 13th, 2019|Antitrust, Awards, Firm News|

Lieff Cabraser Duke/UNC “No Poach” Case Team to Receive Antitrust Institute’s 2019 Private Enforcement Award

The American Antitrust Institute has announced its selection of leading legal practitioners and economists to be recognized as honorees for the 2019 Antitrust Enforcement Awards, a list that includes the Lieff Cabraser team that worked on the Duke/UNC case: Dean M. Harvey, Kelly M. Dermody, Brendan P. Glackin, and Anne B.

LieffCabraser2022-09-21T17:46:06+00:00October 15th, 2019|Antitrust, Awards, Firm News|

Final Approval Granted to $54.5m Duke/UNC “No Poach” Antitrust Case Settlement

On September 24, 2019, the U.S. District Court Judge Catherine C. Eagles granted final approval to the proposed settlement of the Duke/UNC “No Poach” case valued at $54.5 million. The settlement includes an unprecedented role for the United States Department of Justice to monitor and enforce extensive injunctive relief. Assistant Attorney General Delrahim remarked: “Permitting the

LieffCabraser2019-09-29T12:33:20+00:00September 29th, 2019|Antitrust|

Lieff Cabraser Named Class Counsel in Now-Certified Lovenox Antitrust Class Action Against Momenta & Sandoz

Case alleges Momenta and Sandoz conspired to monopolize the production and distribution of enoxaparin, a generic version of the blood clot drug Lovenox As reported by Law360, Chief Judge Waverly D. Crenshaw, Jr. of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee has certified a class of thousands of buyers of generic

LieffCabraser2019-09-20T19:41:40+00:00September 20th, 2019|Antitrust|

$54.5 Million Settlement Proposed in Duke/UNC “No Poach” Employee Anticompetition Lawsuit

On May 20, 2019, a settlement valued at $54.5 million was filed in the class action lawsuit against Duke University over an alleged illegal employee-poaching agreement with the University of North Carolina. The proposed settlement came on the same day that the U.S. Department of Justice decided to intervene in the suit by filing a

LieffCabraser2019-05-24T13:28:54+00:00May 24th, 2019|Antitrust, Employment Law|

American Antitrust Institute Pens Letter of Opposition to Department of Justice Over DOJ’s “Misguided” Approach Toward Fast Food Franchise No-Poach Employee Restriction Agreements

On Thursday May 2, 2019 the American Antitrust Institute submitted a thirteen-page letter to the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice expressing concerns that the DOJ’s recent Statement of Interest relating to fast food franchise employee “no-poach” cases “threatens to lead district courts astray and discourage antitrust challenges to patently anticompetitive labor-market restraints that

LieffCabraser2019-05-03T15:27:21+00:00May 3rd, 2019|Antitrust, Employment Law|

New Film ‘When Rules Don’t Apply’ Spotlights Successful Antitrust Challenges to Illegal High-Tech Labor Practices

Half-hour film includes commentary from Lieff Cabraser Antitrust & Employment Law partner Dean Harvey on the civil Apple/Google/Intel et al. lawsuit initiated by our firm In the wake of the successful and precedent-setting lawsuit against numerous tech giants of Silicon Valley, David Donnenfield of Full Frame Productions and Kevin White of Filmmakers Collaborative SF have

LieffCabraser2019-04-11T14:33:55+00:00April 11th, 2019|Antitrust, Firm News|

Lieff Cabraser and Public Interest Groups Bring Lawsuit Alleging Insurance Companies Conspired to Inflate California Bail Bond Premiums

Suit filed on behalf of thousands of Californians alleges conspiracy in the bail industry to fix prices and inflate bail bond premiums, making it more difficult for people to afford bail SAN FRANCISCO — In a first-of-its-kind class action lawsuit filed today in California Superior Court, the law firm of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein,

LieffCabraser2019-01-29T14:03:16+00:00January 29th, 2019|Antitrust|