Vitamin Products Antitrust Litigation
(Direct Purchasers)

Vitamin manufacturers allegedly fixed the prices of vitamins and vitamin products, allocated markets, and agreed not to compete with each other. In the first phase of this case, an antitrust lawsuit was settled in certain states, and the vitamin manufacturers agreed to monetary payments for buyers of affected products. The second phase of this case for products settlements began on February 18, 2003 with defendants Sumitomo Chemical America, Inc., Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., Tanabe USA, Inc., Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd., Reilly Industries, Inc., Reilly Chemicals, S.A., Lonza Group Ltd., Lonza Inc., Lonza AG, Degussa AG, Degussa Corp., and Nepera Inc. We assisted potential claimants in filing claims for settlement.

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