Ikpe nke De Beers na-emegide ntụkwasị obi

De Beers diamond antitrust omume klas akwụkwọ ebubo ebubo awụ 60 iji dozie ọnụ diamond siri ike na US site n'aka otu ụlọ ọrụ De Beers . Okwu ikpe na-agụnye ọtụtụ ikpe Hopkins v. De Beers Centenary AG, et al., Mba CGC-04-432954, nke akụkọ na July 24, 2004, na Sullivan v. DB Investments, Nke 04-cv-02819, na okwu ndị egwu mbụ na 2001.

Ebubo

. ^[1]Mkpesa ndị ahụ boro ebubo na De Beers ekepụtala katel zuru ụwa ọnụ n'ahịa nke diamond siri ike ma na-egbu maramara - yana oke ahụhụ ihe nke nta ka ọ bụrụ 90% - site na njikwa ike nke onye ọrụ na ọnụ, yana obi mmetụta na ndị nche, ndị na-ebubata ya, na ndị nkesa. Nke a bụ nnukwu iwu nke Sherman nche obi

Nkwekọrịta mmezi

N'ọnwa Ọktoba 2005, ndị otu ahụ ruru nkwekọrịta mbido iji dozie nkwupụta nke ndị niile na-azụrụ ihe na-apụtaghị ìhè na mba niile, ebe Sullivan na-eje ozi dị ka ụgbọ ala maka ịchọ nnabata ụlọ ikpe nke mmezi, ọkwa na nchịkwa nkwupụta. Ịrụ nkọwa ahụ were afọ atọ n'etiti ndụmọdụ ndị gbara akwụkwọ na De Beers. ^[2] N'April 14, 2008, Ụlọikpe ahụ mere mkpebi ikpe ziri ezi na na May 27, 2008, nyere nkwado ikpeazụ na nhazi ahụ. ^[3]

^[2]Mkpebi a na-enye $295 nde ndịsị diamond na ọla diamond, $130 nde nye ndị na-azụ aha. Na mgbakwunye, De Beers na iwu ihe mere eme nke machibido De Beers ka ọ ghara ejide ụwa nke diamond siri ike yana idozi ọnụ diamond a na-akpaka. Iwu ahụ chọkwara De Beers ka ọ ikike ikike na-aga n'ihu nke ndị nwe obodo United States maka mmanye nke iwu ahụ. [1] N'ikwu okwu ikpe ahụ, onye nke onye ọka ikpe bụ Eric B. Fastiff nke Lieff Cabraser kwuru na nri De Beers iji dozie "gosiri na akwụkwọ anyị ziri ezi. Ọ na ị na-etinye akwụkwọ ịgba akwụkwọ ma na-anya anya onye aha gị ike, n'ikpeazụ onye ikpe mara ikpe ga-amata na ọ dị mkpa. iji dozie nsogbu ya."

Na Mee 21, 2012, Ndị nwe ikpe Kasị Elu nke United States echere ikpeazụ maka nchacha. N'ikwekọ n'ikike nke Ndịikpe, e nwere ndị na-azọrọ ndị na-ere ikike ikike ikike nkesa mbụ na August 31, 2012. E kesara ego ndị na-eso na Reseller Subclass Net Settlement Fund nye ndị na-azọrọ Reseller ikike na Maachị 15, 2013. N'ihe dị ka Nọvemba 24, 2015, nkesa nke ego ego emechaala ma mechie ahụ ugbu a.

Hụkwa

Ndepụta nke ikpe omume klaasị

Ntụaka

↑ Hopkins v. De Beers Centenary AG, No. CGC-04-432954, 2005 WL 1020868 (Cal. Sup. Ct., Apr. 15, 2005).
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Global diamond cartel is cut down to size," Special to the National Law Journal, Oct. 6, 2008.
↑ Sullivan v. DB Invs., Inc., 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 81146 (D.N.J., May 22, 2008).

[1] Hopkins v. De Beers Centenary AG, No. CGC-04-432954, 2005 WL 1020868 (Cal. Sup. Ct., Apr. 15, 2005).

[nlj-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "Global diamond cartel is cut down to size," Special to the National Law Journal, Oct. 6, 2008.

[3] Sullivan v. DB Invs., Inc., 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 81146 (D.N.J., May 22, 2008).

[1]

[2]

[3]