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It was recently disclosed that there is currently a worldwide investigation into violations of antitrust laws and other anti-competitive practices into the market for optical disk drives.  According to press reports,the U.S. Department of Justice has requested information from Sony regarding its optical disc drive business in what could be the start of an investigation into the entire industry.

In recent court documents, Mr. Rahal admitted that SK Foods and its related corporate entities constituted a racketeering enterprise, an organization that Mr. Rahal and other SK Foods leaders and employees helped to further through a variety of illicit activities, according to Assistant U.S. Attorneys Benjamin Wagner, Sean Flynn and Anne Pings, who are prosecuting the case together with Richard Cohen and Barbara Nelson of the San Francisco Field Office of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division.

The potash industry is 'marked by a high degree of cooperation' among several large companies, which have overlapping ownership interests and cooperate through reciprocal visits to their production facilities. If you are a direct purchaser of potash, you are urged to contact our law firm now to protect your legal rights.

European producers of "acrylic glass" were recently fined over 344 million Euros (about 445 million US dollars).  Acrylic glass, known in the industry as "polymethyl-methacrylate," is used in a wide range of consumer products, including car headlights, DVDs, furniture, lighting, food service equipment, aircraft windscreens and windows, and store displays. These products are known under the trade names Plexiglas, Perspex, Acrylite, Acrylplast and Lucite.

The DOJ is also investigating possible antitrust violations in the static random access memory (SRAM) industry. Subpoenas have been issued to Sony, Samsung, Mitsubishi and Cypress Semiconductor."

The vice president of a Virginia marine products company has plead guilty for his role in a conspiracy to rig bids and allocate customers with respect to marine products. Between December 2000 and May 2003 the conspirators discussed and agreed among themselves which of them would win contracts from the Department of Defense (DOD), the Department of Homeland Security and private entities.

According to published reports, "much of the air cargo industry is potentially facing severe fines from international competition authorities. Investigators on three continents are trying to determine whether a group of cargo airlines engaged in anti-competitive behavior such as illegal fixing of rates and surcharges."

Every year, employers fail to pay employees millions of dollars in collective overtime. An employer's failure to pay proper wages or overtime can result in an award of damages equal to the unpaid wages or overtime, an equal amount in liquidated damages, and pre-judgment interest.

A whistleblower is an employee, former employee, or member of an organization, especially a business or government agency, who reports misconduct to people or entities that have the power and presumed willingness to take corrective action. The misconduct may be a violation of a law, rule, regulation and/or a direct threat to public interest, such as fraud, health/safety violations, and corruption. In these cases, depending on the information's severity and nature, whistleblowers may report the misconduct to lawyers, the media, law enforcement or watchdog agencies, or other local, state, or federal agencies.  Such actions have important ramifications, and persons who report misconduct are urged to consult with an attorney before they take any substantive action.

During 2012, it is alleged that the largest North American manufacturers of drywall, or gypsum board, conspired to raise prices industry-wide by 35% as well as calling a halt to a the decades-old practice of "job quotes."

Consumers purchasing automobiles between 2000 and 2010 are likely to have paid inflated prices as a result of a price-fixing scheme by major auto parts manufacturers.

Stericycle, Inc., a publicly held company and one of the largest medical waste disposal companies in the world, is alleged to have been charging its customers illegal and excessive fees for years.