Category Archives: Commodity Exchange Act

Court Allows Investors To Amend Antitrust Injury Claims In Libor MDL

In In re: Libor-Based Financial Instruments Antitrust Litigation, Southern District of New York Judge Naomi Riece Buchwald allowed three groups of plaintiffs to move to revive their allegations that Bank of America Corp., JPMorgan Chase & Co., and other top banks violated the Sherman Act and cost plaintiffs billions of dollars by rigging the London […]

Energy Crisis Antitrust Suit Is Not Barred By The Commodity Exchange Act

In In re: Western States Wholesale Natural Gas Antitrust Litigation, District of Nevada Judge Philip M. Pro denied defendants’ bid for a judgment on the pleadings, ruling that antitrust claims against more than a dozen companies in the Western States Wholesale Natural Gas case, which stems from the 2000-2001 energy crisis, are not barred by […]