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Partial List of Cases In Which Straus & Boies, LLP
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Indirect Purchaser Vitamins Litigation
As lead counsel in coordinated multi-state proceedings of more than 50 indirect purchaser classes and parens patriae actions filed in 23 separate state jurisdictions against the international manufacturers of bulk vitamins, Straus & Boies, LLP secured at that time the largest ever indirect purchaser antitrust settlement. Straus & Boies, LLP’s efforts in successfully resolving the state vitamins indirect purchaser actions included structuring, implementing, and leading coordinated alternative dispute resolution proceedings sanctioned by state courts throughout the country, and involving scores of plaintiffs’ counsel, numerous counsel for foreign and domestic defendants, and the State Attorneys General. |
Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM)
Straus & Boies, LLP, is currently serving as co-lead counsel in these coordinated multi-state proceedings of more than 60 indirect purchaser classes against the manufacturers of Dynamic Random Access Memory chips (DRAM) for the violation of various state’s antitrust/consumer protection laws. It is alleged that the DRAM manufacturers entered into and engaged in a conspiracy in the United States and elsewhere to suppress and eliminate competition by fixing the prices of DRAM. Straus & Boies, LLP has been prosecuting the claims of indirect purchasers of DRAM since October 2004. |
Food Additives
As sole lead counsel for more than 10 indirect purchaser state class action claims filed across the country, Straus & Boies has been efficiently advancing the claims of indirect purchasers against the manufacturers of food additives for an illegal price-fixing conspiracy that affected consumer prices for well over a decade. The cases allege that the major manufacturers of certain food additives conspired to fix prices during the period January 1, 1990 through 2002. |
Oriented Strand Board (OSB)
Straus & Boies currently serves as co-lead counsel in a lawsuit filed on behalf of indirect purchaser consumers against certain manufactuers of Oriented Strand Board (”OSB”). The lawsuit alleges that Defendants engaged in illegal conduct with the effect of unlawfully raising prices paid by end user indirect purchasers of OSB. The case, which was vigorously litigated for over two years, seeks damages, injunctive relief, attorneys’ fees and costs from the manufacturers. Plaintiffs’ claims have been settled and state indirect purchaser classes have been certified on behalf of consumers in 21 states. |
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