Falsely Claimed Sales Streak Broken After Infotech Consulting Analysis
In a breach of contract suit filed by authorized dealers of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), dealers alleged that FCA falsified sales figures to artificially inflate the value of the company’s shares with the purpose of supporting their claim of unbroken year-to-year...
Dentists Get $80M From Supply Cos. To End Collusion Case
The country’s biggest dental supply distributors reached an $80 million settlement agreement with dentists and dental laboratories in a proposed class action case. Distributors Henry Schein, Inc., Patterson Cos. Inc. and Benco Dental Supply Co. Inc. were accused of...
Analysis of Historical Billboard Placement Leads to Summary Judgement in Breach of Contract – Titze vs Simon (2010)
The Michael Titze Company purchased an outparcel in front of a shopping mall in Pensacola, Florida. Unbeknownst to Titze, this property was subject to restrictive covenants that required Titze to obtain permission from Simon (owner of the shopping mall) for any...
Infotech Consulting’s Analyses Instrumental in Steel Class Case with $193.9 Million in Settlements
The Infotech Consulting team, led by Dr. Jim McClave, provided econometric damages analysis to a large, national class of steel purchasers, alleging violations of the U.S. antitrust laws by several of the world’s largest steel manufacturers. Based on millions of sales...
Final Disposition in Air Cargo price fixing case – $1.25 billion in total settlements
Plaintiffs brought suit in 2006 after the US Department of Justice and the European Commission initiated investigations into the air cargo industry. The alleged conspirators took part in meetings and other communications to determine and set air cargo rates that...
Over 1 Billion Transactions Analyzed in CRT Price-Fixing Case
Not many of us still own a cathode ray tube (CRT) television, but many of us remember the big and bulky sources of entertainment from yesteryear. Makers of cathode ray tubes were accused of fixing the price of various sizes of cathode ray tubes during a time where...
Salt Bid-Rigging Case Settles on Eve of Trial
The sizeable bid-rigging case against two of the leading road salt producers in the U.S. settled for a reported $11.5 million on the eve of trial. The settlement resolves the case brought by the State of Ohio in 2012 on behalf of Ohio purchasers of rock salt, used to...
Team Infotech assists in verdict in Polyurethane antitrust litigation – approximately $1 billion recovered by plaintiffs
Plaintiffs brought suit in 2008 against urethane chemical makers accusing the manufacturers of conspiring to fix prices of polyether polyol products that are used in, among other applications, urethane foam. Infotech Consulting was hired to calculate damages to...
Infotech Consulting Helps Turn Off the Facet in $4 Million Iron Pipe Fittings Antitrust Case
Infotech Consulting had the opportunity to work with indirect purchaser plaintiffs in an industry that most people never even think about when turning on their faucets. Ductile iron pipe fittings (DIPF) are used to join ductile iron pipe, valves and hydrants within a...
Infotech’s work for DOJ assists in Florida Physician’s settlement of $26.1 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act
A Florida physician was accused of entering into an illegal kickback arrangement with a pathology laboratory and of performing thousands of unnecessary procedures. Based partly on Infotech Consulting's statistical work, the Florida physician settled with the...