Sika, Other Concrete Price-Fixing Suits Transferred to New York

Several suits accusing Sika AG, Cie. de Saint-Gobain SA, and other firms of fixing the price of concrete additives were transferred to a New York court.

The US Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation in mid-April had consolidated several cases to the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, and last week entered a conditional order to transfer another group of suits originally filed in states including California, Minnesota, Mississippi, and Pennsylvania.

The complaints in this MDL stem from direct and indirect purchasers of cement products, including construction companies, who allege they paid more for concrete, cement, ...