BSF's Antitrust Expertise Extends to Chinese Producers of Vitamin C

01.27.2012

On behalf of a class of plaintiffs, BSF continues to pursue antitrust actions against Chinese vitamin C manufacturers. The charges against the cartel of four major Chinese companies include collusion to limit production and fixing prices of vitamin C in the United States. The Court issued an important 72-page decision in early September 2011, denying the manufacturers' motions for summary judgment and dismissing their defense that the Chinese government mandated their conduct. The case is now set to proceed to trial.

Please click onto the links below for related media coverage.

The American Lawyer, January 26, 2012
Plaintiffs Win Class Cert in Price-Fixing Suit Against Chinese Vitamin Makers
http://www.law.com/jsp/tal/digestTAL.jsp?id=1202540213624&slr...

Law360 [subscription], January 26, 2012
Vitamin C Buyers Win Class Cert. In Antitrust MDL
http://www.law360.com/articles/303599/print?section=newyork

Reuters, January 26, 2012
New York judge certifies class in Chinese Vitamin C suit
http://newsandinsight.thomsonreuters.com/New_York/News/2012/0...

Bloomberg, January 26, 2012
Chinese Vitamin C Makers Can Be Sued by Buyers as a Group, U.S. Judge Says
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/print/2012-01-26/chinese-vitami...

Bloomberg, September 6, 2011
Chinese Vitamin C Makers Must Face Antitrust Trial in U.S.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-06/chinese-vitamin-c-ma...

American Lawyer [subscription], September 6, 2011
Judge Rules Vitamin Companies Can't Blame Chinese Government for Price-Fixing Cartel
http://www.law.com/jsp/tal/digestTAL.jsp?id=1202513587220&slr...

Reuters, September 6, 2011
Chinese vitamin C makers lose antitrust ruling
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/06/us-drugs-us-china-i...

Reuters, March 11, 2011
U.S. courts confront China's involvement in price fixing
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/11/us-china-vitaminc-i...

Chicago Tribune, March 11, 2011
U.S. courts confront China's involvement in price fixing
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/yourmoney/sns-rt-busin...

Yahoo! News, March 11, 2011
U.S. courts confront China's involvement in price fixing
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110311/bs_nm/us_china_vitaminc

Sun Sentinel, March 11, 2011
.U.S. courts confront China's involvement in price fixing
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110311/bs_nm/us_china_vitaminc

Portfolio.com, March 11, 2011
.U.S. courts confront China's involvement in price fixing
http://www.portfolio.com/business-news/reuters/2011/03/11/us-...

CNBC, March 11, 2011
U.S. courts confront China's involvement in price fixing
http://www.cnbc.com/id/42030921

The Wall Street Journal, November 25, 2008
China Defends Price Fixing by Vitamin Makers
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122757356771754983.html?mod=g...

New York Law Journal, November 13, 2008
Antitrust Suit Proceeds Against Chinese Vitamin C Makers
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202425997056&slreturn=...

The Am Law Litigation Daily, November 13, 2008
Antitrust Case Against Chinese Manufacturers of Vitamin C Moves Forward
http://amlawdaily.typepad.com/amlawdaily/2008/11/the-am-law-l...

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