In Re: Disposable Contact Lens Antitrust Litigation

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Case overview

Case Number:

3:15-md-02626

Court:

Florida Middle

Nature of Suit:

Anti-Trust

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action, Multi-district Litigation

Judge:

Harvey E. Schlesinger

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December 05, 2018
Consumer Class Certified In Contact Lens Price-Fix Row

A Florida federal judge has certified a class of consumers accusing contact lens makers of fixing prices, saying so many people share complaints against the manufacturers that a single case works far more efficiently than thousands of individual suits.
October 17, 2018
Lens Makers Look To Nix Price-Fixing Claims From MDL

Several major contact lens manufacturers urged a Florida federal judge on Tuesday to slice two types of antitrust claims off sprawling multidistrict litigation accusing them of conspiring to keep prices high, calling the consumers' arguments fatally flawed.
September 05, 2018
Lens Makers Fight Sanctions Over Defunct Facebook Page

Johnson & Johnson and Alcon asked a Florida federal judge not to sanction them for allegedly hiding the existence of a Facebook group where they'd supposedly hashed out a price-fixing conspiracy with other companies, arguing the consumers in the multidistrict litigation couldn't prove they'd hidden it on purpose.
August 21, 2018
Contact Lens Makers Look To Dispose Of Pricing Plot Suit

Johnson & Johnson, Bausch & Lomb and other contact lens giants asked a Florida federal court Monday to toss out claims in multidistrict litigation alleging they conspired to keep prices high, arguing none of the evidence shows they coordinated such an arrangement.
February 21, 2018
CooperVision To Pay $3M To End Contact Price-Fixing Suit

A proposed class urged a Florida federal judge Wednesday to approve its $3 million deal with CooperVision Inc., which would end claims that the contact lens-maker engaged in price-fixing of disposable lenses.
November 03, 2017
Alcon Must Show Exec Emails With Doc In Contact Lens MDL

A Florida federal judge on Thursday ordered Alcon Laboratories to produce communications between a doctor and a high-ranking employee that consumers say may be "highly relevant" to countering one of the company's primary defenses in antitrust litigation over purported price-fixing of disposable contact lenses.
September 14, 2017
Alcon Fights Bid For Docs In Contact Lens Antitrust MDL

Alcon Laboratories Inc. urged a Florida federal court on Wednesday to deny a request by consumers to compel unredacted portions of documents in antitrust multidistrict litigation over contact lenses, saying the documents are covered by attorney-client privilege.
September 07, 2017
J&J Defends Privileged Docs In Contact Lens Antitrust MDL

Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Inc.'s communications with its lawyers that touch on business advice in addition to legal advice are still covered by attorney-client privilege, the contact lens maker told a Florida federal court Wednesday in fighting a motion to compel in antitrust multidistrict litigation.
August 28, 2017
Consumers Seek J&J Docs In Contact Lens Antitrust MDL

Consumers pursuing multidistrict litigation against major contact lens makers for allegedly blocking price competition asked a Florida federal court Friday to order Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Inc. to produce certain documents they think the company has improperly withheld as privileged.
March 03, 2017
Consumers Seek Certification In Contact Lens Antitrust MDL

Consumers in multidistrict litigation accusing major contact lens makers of conspiring to block price competition told a federal judge Friday that class certification is as proper now as it was in a similar MDL settled by the same defendants in 2001.