Sources: Vulcan Materials Co., Birmingham, Ala. Vulcan Materials Chief Operating Officer Thompson S. Baker II has been promoted to president, assuming that title from Chief Executive Officer and Chairman Tom Hill. A veteran of Florida Rock Industries, which Vulcan acquired in 2007, Baker will continue to lead enterprise-wide strategic initiatives and support and advise the producer’s senior management team. Succeeding…
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ORGANIZATIONS – SEPTEMBER 2015
Portland Cement Association has named Michael Schon vice president and counsel for Government Affairs. He will have lead responsibility for shepherding the association’s regulatory advocacy efforts and promoting the cement industry in general. He joins PCA from Baker Botts L.L.P., where he served as Environmental Practice Group senior associate, representing energy and manufacturing clients in environmental litigation, while providing regulatory guidance and counseling for federal and state environmental issues.
Florida Antitrust parties settle prior to appellate court action
Sources: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Atlanta; CP staff
By Don Marsh
After nearly 30 months, plaintiffs and defendants appear to have closed a case alleging a price-fixing and market allocation conspiracy among four Sunshine State producers with integrated cement and ready mixed operations. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals filings throughout February cite a settlement of undisclosed terms; they culminated in an order granting plaintiffs’ withdrawal of a petition that could have continued proceedings.
Read MoreFlorida Antitrust plaintiffs watch sun set on their class action quest
Plaintiffs alleging a price-fixing and market-allocation conspiracy among four major Florida ready mixed producers began the new year with a court order detouring the hospitable path they sought to injunctive relief and damages.
Read MoreJudge denies Florida Cement and Concrete Antitrust plaintiffs class certification
Sources: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Miami; CP staff
By Don Marsh
An early-January ruling stands to significantly increase costs and complicate litigation burdens for In Re Florida Cement and Concrete Antitrust Litigation plaintiffs. Greatly streamlined from initial claims of a five-year scope and 10-defendant pool, the two-year-old case alleges a 2008–2009 concrete price-fixing conspiracy among Cemex Inc., Florida Rock Industries, VCNA Prestige Ready-Mix Florida Inc., and Tarmac America LLC.
Read MoreJudge drops Florida Antitrust cement conspiracy, dismisses six defendants
U.S. District Court Judge Cecilia Altonaga has ordered “In Re Florida Cement and Concrete Antitrust Litigation” plaintiffs to amend consolidated complaints by centering on four defendants and a timeframe from mid-2008 forward.
Read MoreFlorida Antitrust Litigation Defendants Enter Spirited Motion To Dismiss
Defense attorneys in In Re Florida Cement and Concrete Antitrust Litigation have moved to dismiss the prospective class-action case
Read MorePurported Whistleblower And Ex-Prestige Manager Weighs Heavily In Florida Case
In their 102-page Motion to Dismiss now before U.S. District Court in Miami, defense attorneys in In Re Florida Cement and Concrete Antitrust Litigation challenge evidence–possibly the springboard for plaintiff complaints–supporting an alleged “customer allocation conspiracy”
Read MoreCan Florida Antitrust Case Survive Motion To Dismiss?
Reminders of the Sunshine State’s tumultuous 2000-2009 period will carry into the new decade as the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida,
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