Antitrust Law
Price Fixing and Antitrust Law
Girard Gibbs represents companies and consumers in class action lawsuits for injuries suffered as a result of price fixing and other anti-competitive practices. Antitrust and unfair competition laws exist to ensure that businesses compete against each other in a reasonable and fair way.
If you believe that you have suffered an injury or monetary loss as a result of a violation of antitrust law, please fill out the form to the right or call us toll free at (866) 981-4800 to speak with our antitrust attorneys
Our Antitrust Law Practice
Federal and state laws prohibit anti-competitive behavior and unfair business practices that harm other businesses and consumers. Examples of these unlawful, anti-competitive practices include:
- Price fixing - an agreement among competitors to raise, fix, or otherwise maintain the price at which their goods or services are sold;
- Bid-rigging - competitors agree in advance who will submit the winning bid on a contract being let through the competitive bidding process. As with price fixing, it is not necessary that all bidders participate in the conspiracy;
- Monopolization - one or more persons or companies totally dominates an economic market;
- Unfair competition - an attempt to gain unfair competitive advantage through false, fraudulent, or unethical commercial conduct;
- Geographic market allocation- an agreement between competitors not to compete within each other's geographic territories.
Our Experience in Class Actions Involving Violations of Antitrust and Competition Law
Girard Gibbs is presently prosecuting several nationwide class action lawsuits for violations of federal and state antitrust and unfair competition laws, including:
- In re TFT-LCD (Flat Panel) Antitrust Litigation
- In Re: National Association of Music Merchants, Musical Instruments and Equipment Antitrust Litigation
- J.P. Morgan & HSBC Silver Antitrust Class Action Lawsuit
- In re: Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) Antitrust Litigation
- In Re: Digital Music Antitrust Litigation
Girard Gibbs served in a leadership role in the In re Natural Gas Anti-Trust Litigation I, II, III IV, a class action on behalf of California consumers who paid higher prices for natural gas as a result of alleged price-fixing and other market manipulations in the California natural gas market in 2000-01. The class action has achieved settlements totaling in excess of $160 million.
For more information about our Antitrust practice, contact our antitrust attorneys toll-free at (866) 981-4800.
Why Girard Gibbs LLP?
Girard Gibbs is a national litigation firm representing consumers, investors, employees, and small businesses in cases involving consumer protection, personal injury, securities, antitrust, and employment laws. The firm’s senior partners, Daniel Girard and Eric Gibbs, have been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012 and Northern California Super Lawyers, and have earned AV-Preeminent ratings from Martindale-Hubbell, recognizing them in the highest class of attorneys for professional ethics and legal skills.
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If you would like to contact one of our antitrust class action lawyers by mail at our California or New York offices, please write to:
Girard Gibbs LLP - San Francisco Office
c/o Antitrust Class Action Attorneys
601 California Street, Suite 1400
San Francisco, California 94108
Girard Gibbs LLP - New York Office
c/o Antitrust Class Action Lawyers
711 Third Avenue, 20th Floor
New York, New York 10017
