IN RE HYDROGEN PEROXIDE ANTITRUST LITIGATION

No. CIV.A. 05-666, MDL No. 1682.

401 F.Supp.2d 451 (2005)

In re: HYDROGEN PEROXIDE ANTITRUST LITIGATION. This Document Relates To: Direct Purchaser Action.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

November 22, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mario N. Alioto, Trump Alioto Trump & Prescott, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Bernard Lawrence Winery, Plaintiff.

D. Jarrett Arp, Washington, DC, for Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V., Akzo Nobel, Inc., EKA Chemicals, Inc., Defendants.

Anthony J. Bolognese, Bolognese & Associates, LLC, Philadelphia, for Finch Pruyn and Company, Inc., Plaintiff.

W. Joseph Bruckner, Lockridge Grindal, Nauen & Holstein P.L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN, for Finch Pruyn and Company, Inc., Plaintiff.

Andrew B. Bullion, Bolognese & Associates, Philadelphia, for Finch Pruyn and Company, Inc., Plaintiff.

Jeffrey S. Cashdan, King & Spalding, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Kemira Chemicals, Inc., Defendant.

Solomon B. Cera, Gold Bennett Cera & Sidener LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Finch Pruyn and Company, Inc., Plaintiff.

Bart D. Cohen, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for City of Philadelphia, Respondent.

Jay S. Cohen, Spector, Roseman & Kodroff, Philadelphia, PA, for Chem/Serv, Inc., Notice Only Party.

Lani C. Cossette, Washington, DC, for Finch Pruyn and Company, Inc., Plaintiff.

Stephen P. Cummings, King & Spalding, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Kemira Chemicals, Inc., Defendant.

Alan J. Davis, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Solvay America, Inc., Solvay Chemicals, Inc., Defendants.

Amanda C. Denaro, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Palo Alto, CA, for Solvay America, Inc., Solvay Chemicals, Inc., Solvay Interox, Inc., Defendants.

Robert G. Eisler, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, New York, NY, for Young Chemical Company, Notice Only Party.

Vincent J. Esades, Minneapolis, MN, for Finch Pruyn and Company, Inc., Plaintiff.

Michael I. Frankel, Dechert, Philadelphia, PA, for FMC Corporation, Defendant.

Agnieszka M. Fryszman, Cohen, Millstein, Hausfeld & Toll, LLC, Washington, DC, for Finch Pruyn and Company, Inc., Plaintiff.

Reena Gambhir, Cohen, Millstein, Hausfeld & Toll, LLC, Washington, DC, for Finch Pruyn and Company, Inc., Plaintiff.

Nancy J. Gellman, Conrad O'Brien Gellman & Rohn PC, Philadelphia, PA, for Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V., Akzo Nobel, Inc., EKA Chemicals, Inc., Defendants.

Mark S. Goldman, Goldman Scarlato & Karon PC, Conshohocken, PA, for Young Chemical Company, Notice Only Party.

Ruthanne Gordon, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for City of Philadelphia, Respondent.

Joshua H. Grabar, Bolognese & Associates, LLC, Philadelphia, PA, for Lensco Products, Inc., Northern Chemical Corporation, Roberts Chemical Company, Inc., Standard Technology Applied Resources, Inc., James R. Pacific, Finch Pruyn and Company, Inc., Plaintiffs.

Steven J. Greenfogel, Meredith, Cohen & Greenfogel, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for Emco Chemical Distributors, Inc., Notice Only Party.

Stanley Grossman, Pomerantz, Levy, Haudek, Block & Grossman, New York, NY, for Finch Pruyn and Company, Inc., Plaintiff.

Michael D. Hausfeld, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld and Toll, Washington, DC, for Finch Pruyn and Company, Inc., Plaintiff.

Samuel D. Heins, Heins Mills & Olson PLC, Minneapolis, MN, for Finch Pruyn and Company, Inc., Plaintiff.

William E. Hoese, Kohn, Swift & Graf, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for Lincoln Paper & Tissue, LLC, Notice Only Party.

Russel N. Jacobson, Pomerantz Haudek, Block Grossman & Gross LLP, New York, NY, for Finch Pruyn and Company, Inc., Plaintiff.

Laura M. Kam, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, DC, for Degussa Corporation, Defendant.

Steven A. Kanner, Much Shelist Freed, Denenberg Ament & Rubenstein, Chicago, IL, for Finch Pruyn and Company, Inc., Plaintiff.

Robert N. Kaplan, Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP, New York, NY, for Finch Pruyn and Company, Inc., Plaintiff.

Richard J. Kilsheimer, Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP, New York, NY, for Finch Pruyn and Company, Inc., Plaintiff.

Sunny H. Kim, Lockridge Grindel Nauen, Minneapolis, MN, for Finch Pruyn and Company, Inc., Plaintiff.

Jeffrey A. Klafter, Klafter & Olsen LLP, White Plains, NY, for Finch Pruyn and Company, Inc., Plaintiff.

Jason C. Lo, Los Angeles, CA, for Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V., Akzo Nobel, Inc., EKA Chemicals, Inc., Defendants.

Richard A. Lockridge, Lockrigde Grindal, Nauen & Holstein P.L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN, for Finch Pruyn and Company, Inc., Plaintiff.

William London, Much Shelist Freed, Denenberg Ament & Rubenstein, P.C., Chicago, IL, for Finch Pruyn and Company, Inc., Plaintiff.

Monica K. Loseman, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Denver, CO, for Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V., Akzo Nobel, Inc., EKA Chemicals, Inc., Defendants.

Barbara W. Mather, Pepper Hamilton LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Kemira Chemicals, Inc., Kemira OYJ, Defendants.

Christopher J. McDonald, Labaton Sucharow & Rudoff, LLP, New York, NY, for Finch Pruyn and Company, Inc., Plaintiff.

Thomas J. McGarrigle, Philadelphia, PA, for Degussa Corporation, Defendant.

Stephen C. McKenna, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Denver, CO, for Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V., Akzo Nobel, Inc., EKA Chemicals, Inc., Defendants.

Ellen Meriwether, Miller Faucher & Cafferty LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Atlantis Caribbean Chemical Corp., Notice Only Party.

Douglas A. Millen, Much Shelist Freed, Denenberg Ament & Rubenstein, PC, Chicago, IL, for Finch Pruyn and Company, Inc., Plaintiff.

H. Laddie Montague, Jr., Berger & Montague PC, Philadelphia, PA, for City of Philadelphia, Respondent.

Karin F.R. Moore, O'Melveny & Myers, LP, Washington, DC, for Degussa Corporation, Defendant.

Krishna B. Narine, Law Office of Krishna B. Narine, Elkins Park, PA, for Jimmy F. Hux, Finch Pruyn and Company, Inc., Bernard Lawrence Winery, Plaintiffs.

Linda P. Nussbaum, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, New York, NY, for Finch Pruyn and Company, Inc., Plaintiff.

Adam S. Paris, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Solvay America, Inc., Solvay Chemicals, Inc., Solvay Interox, Inc., Defendants.

William H. Parish, Parish & Small, Stockton, CA, for City of Stockton, Notice Only Party.

Richard G. Parker, O'Melveny & Myers, LLP, Washington, DC, for Degussa Corporation, Defendant.

Joseph M. Patane, Law Office of Joseph M. Patane, San Francisco, CA, for Bernard Lawrence Winery, Plaintiff.

Bernard Persky, Labaton Sucharow & Rudoff, LLP, New York, NY, for Finch Pruyn and Company, Inc., Plaintiff.

Burt M. Rublin, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Solvay America, Inc., Solvay Chemicals, Inc., Solvay Interox, Inc., Solvay S.A., Defendants.

Francis O. Scarpulla, San Francisco, CA, for Finch Pruyn and Company, Inc., Bernard Lawrence Winery, Jimmy F. Hux, Plaintiffs.

Howard D. Scher, Buchanan Ingersoll, PC, Philadelphia, PA, for Arkema Inc., Atofina Chemicals, Inc., Defendants.

Howard J. Sedran, Levin, Fishbein, Sedran & Berman, Philadelphia, PA, for Astro Chemicals, Inc., Notice Only Party.

Daniel G. Swanson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V., Akzo Nobel, Inc., Eka Chemicals, Inc., Defendants.

Joseph A. Tate, Dechert LLP, Cira Centre, Philadelphia, PA, for FMC Corporation, Defendant.

Steven W. Thomas, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Solvay America, Inc., Solvay Chemicals, Inc., Solvay Interox, Inc., Defendants.

Kenneth I. Trujillo, Trujillo Rodriquez & Richards, Philadelphia, PA, for City of Philadelphia, Respondent.

Hima Vatti, O'Melveny & Myers, LLP, Washington, DC, for Degussa Corporation, Defendant.

David H. Weinstein, Weinstein Kitchenoff Asher LLC, Philadelphia, PA, for Ohio Chemical Services, Inc., Notice Only Party.

Jason A. Zweig, Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP, New York, NY, for Finch Pruyn and Company, Inc., Plaintiff.


MEMORANDUM

DALZELL, District Judge.

On January 31, 2005, European Commission antitrust regulators charged eighteen hydrogen peroxide manufacturers with price-fixing. Eleven days later, a buyer filed the first of thirty-three federal putative class actions alleging that the world's leading hydrogen peroxide manufacturers horizontally restrained trade from 1994 to the present. In the wake of that initial filing, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation...

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