IN RE DIISOCYANATES ANTITRUST LITIGATION

Master Docket Misc. No. 18-1001, MDL No. 2862.

IN RE: DIISOCYANATES ANTITRUST LITIGATION, This Document Relates to, All Cases.

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania.

March 9, 2020.

Editors Note
Applicable Law: 15 U.S.C. § 25
Cause: 15 U.S.C. § 25 Clayton Act
Nature of Suit: 410 Anti - Trust
Source: PACER


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

RHINO LININGS CORPORATION, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, represented by JASON LOUIS LICHTMAN , LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & BERNSTEIN LLP, Jason S. Hartley , Hartley LLP, Daniel J. Mogin , Moginrubin LLP, pro hac vice, Daniel J. Walker , Berger Montague PC, pro hac vice, Dean M. Harvey , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, pro hac vice, Eric L. Cramer , Berger Montague PC, pro hac vice, Jason M. Lindner , Hartley LLP, Jennifer M. Oliver , Moginrubin LLP, pro hac vice, Jessica N. Servais , Hartley LLP, pro hac vice, Jodie M. Williams , Moginrubin LLP, pro hac vice, Jonathan L. Rubin , pro hac vice, Lin Y. Chan , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, pro hac vice & William Pietragallo, II , Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP.

FINISHING SOLUTIONS LLC, Plaintiff, represented by Chris T. Hellums , Pittman, Dutton & Hellums, P.C., pro hac vice, J. Elliott Walthall , FROHSIN, BARGER & WALTHALL, James F. Barger, Jr. , Jonathan S. Mann , Pittman, Dutton & Hellums, P.C., pro hac vice, Robert James D'Anniballe, Jr. , Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP, pro hac vice, Dasha Gorlov , Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP, Deborah Elman , Grant & Eisenhofer PA, Peter S. Wolff , Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP, Robert James D'Anniballe, Jr. , Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP, Robert G. Eisler , Grant & Eisenhofer P.A. & William Pietragallo, II , Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP.

ERA POLYMERS PROPRIETARY LIMITED, Plaintiff, represented by Edwin J. Kilpela , Carlson Lynch, LLP, Ellen Meriwether , Cafferty Faucher LLP, Gary F. Lynch , Carlson Lynch, LLP, Jessica B. Weiner , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Michael J. Boni , Boni & Zack, Patrick E. Cafferty , Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel LLP, Richard A. Koffman , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, pro hac vice, Sharon K. Robertson , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Jeffrey B. Gittleman , Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, pro hac vice & William Pietragallo, II , Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP.

UTAH FOAM PRODUCTS, INC, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, represented by David B. Spear , Minto Law Group, LLC, Megan Elizabeth Jones , Hausfeld, pro hac vice, Brent W. Landau , Hausfeld LLP, pro hac vice, Douglas A. Dellaccio, Jr. , Cory Watson, Pc, pro hac vice, Elana Katcher , pro hac vice, Ian J. Engdahl , Hausfeld LLP, pro hac vice, Melinda R. Coolidge , Hausfeld LLP, pro hac vice, Michael D. Hausfeld , Hausfeld LLP, Robert N. Kaplan , Kaplan, Kilsheimer & Fox, pro hac vice, Stephanie Y. Cho , Hausfeld LLP, pro hac vice & William Pietragallo, II , Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP.

TRI-ISO TRYLINE, LLC, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, represented by Joseph R. Saveri , Joseph Saveri Law Firm, Inc., Steven N. Williams , Joseph Saveri Law Firm, Inc., pro hac vice & William Pietragallo, II , Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP.

EMMA CHEMICALS CO., INC., individually and on behalf of all those similarly situated, Plaintiff, represented by Bart Cohen , Nussbaum Law Group, P.C., Linda Nussbaum , Nussbaum Law Group PC, pro hac vice & William Pietragallo, II , Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP.

BRYN HILL INDUSTRIES, INC., on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, represented by Ari S. Ruben , Susman Godfrey L.L.P., pro hac vice, William C. Carmody , Susman Godfrey L.L.P., pro hac vice, Arun S. Subramanian , Susman Godfrey L.L.P., pro hac vice, Beatrice Franklin , Susman Godfrey LLP, pro hac vice, Seth Ard , Susman Godfrey, LLP & William Pietragallo, II , Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP.

ISAAC INDUSTRIES, INC., Plaintiff, represented by Anthony Shapiro , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, pro hac vice, E. Powell Miller , Miller Shea, Jason Zweig , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Melvin B. Hollowell , The Miller Law Firm, P.C., Ronnie Spiegel , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, pro hac vice, Sharon S. Almonrode , The Miller Law Firm, P.C., Steve W. Berman , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, Edwin J. Kilpela , Carlson Lynch, LLP, Gary F. Lynch , Carlson Lynch, LLP, Kevin B. Love , Criden & Love, P.A., pro hac vice & William Pietragallo, II , Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP.

NPC COATING, INC., Plaintiff, represented by ANDREW G. FINKELSTEIN , FINKELSTEIN & PARTNERS, LLP, Richard M. Paul, III , Paul LLP, pro hac vice, Sean Cooper , Paul LLP, pro hac vice & William Pietragallo, II , Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP.

ELLIOTT COMPANY OF INDIANAPOLIS, INC., Plaintiff, represented by Brian W. Barnes , Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, pro hac vice, Charles J. Cooper , Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, pro hac vice, Elana Katcher , Harold S. Reeves , Cooper and Kirk, pro hac vice, Michael W. Kirk , Cooper & Kirk, PLLC, pro hac vice, Robert N. Kaplan , Kaplan, Kilsheimer & Fox & William Pietragallo, II , Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP.

UNICAST, INC., on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, represented by JOSHUA H. GRABAR , Grabar Law Office, Marc H. Edelson , Edelson & Associates & William Pietragallo, II , Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP.

C.U.E., INC., Plaintiff, represented by ANDREW G. FINKELSTEIN , FINKELSTEIN & PARTNERS, LLP, Jason S. Hartley , Hartley LLP & William Pietragallo, II , Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP.

COVESTRO LLC, Defendant, represented by Abram J. Ellis , Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, pro hac vice, John Terzaken & Jonathan R. Myers , Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, pro hac vice.

DOW CHEMICAL CO., Defendant, represented by Aidan Synnott , pro hac vice, Carl S. Burkhalter , MAYNARD COOPER & GALE PC, David M. Bernick , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, pro hac vice, Evan P. Moltz , MAYNARD COOPER & GALE PC, Wendy West Feinstein , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, William T. McEnroe , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP & Ryan Streit , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, pro hac vice.

HUNTSMAN CORP. & HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC, Defendants, represented by John E. Schmidtlein , Williams & Connolly LLP, pro hac vice, Zachary K. Warren , Williams & Connolly LLP, Constance T. Forkner , Williams & Connolly LLP, pro hac vice, James R. Miller , Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote & Mark S. Levinstein , Williams & Connolly LLP, pro hac vice.

MCNS POLYURETHANES USA INC, Defendant, represented by Allen C. Kim , Sidley Austin LLP, ROBERT E. WELSH, Jr. , WELSH & RECKER, P.C., Ryan M. Sandrock , Sidley Austin LLP, pro hac vice, Matthew C. Pilsner , Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, Samuel W. Braver , Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC & Samuel S. Choi , Sidley Austin LLP, pro hac vice.

MITSUI CHEMICALS AMERICA, INC, Defendant, represented by David C. Brownstein , Farmer Brownstein Jaeger & Goldstein, David M. Goldstein , Farmer Brownstein Jaeger & Goldstein LLP, James A. Backstrom , James A. Backstrom, Counsellor at Law, pro hac vice & William S. Farmer , Farmer Brownstein Jaeger & Goldstein LLP.

WANHUA CHEMICAL AMERICA CO. LTD, Defendant, represented by Alden L. Atkins , Vinson & Elkins LLP, Craig P. Seebald , Vinson and Elkins, pro hac vice & Charles L. Wesley , Vinson & Elkins LLP, pro hac vice.

BASF CORP., Defendant, represented by Andrew S. Marovitz , Mayer Brown, Britt M. Miller , Mayer Brown, Richard E. Nowak , Mayer Brown LLP, Richard A. Spehr , Mayer, Brown & Platt, Thomas L. Allen , Reed Smith & Ginevra Ventre , Reed Smith LLP.


OPINION AND ORDER

SYNOPSIS

This multi-district litigation stems from an alleged conspiracy to reduce supply and increase price for methylene diphenyl diisocyanate ("MDI") and toluene diisocyanate ("TDI"), precursor ingredients for the manufacture of polyurethane foam and thermoplastic...

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