U.S. District Judge Christopher C. Conner today declined to dismiss federal antitrust claims against the world's largest makers of confectionery chocolate. His Honor did remove certain common law and consumer protection claims from the mix and deferred ruling on challenges to personal jurisdiction pending discovery into foreign defendants' contacts with the U.S. In re Chocolate Confectionary Antitrust Litig., No. 1:08-MDL-1935 (M.D. Pa. Mar. 4, 2009).
The case involves class and individual claims on behalf of direct and indirect purchasers of chocolate. Blawgletter's firm serves as Discovery Co-Chair for the direct purchaser class.
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