In In re London Silver Fixing, Ltd. Antitrust Litigation, Nos. 14-MD-02573, 14-MC-02573 (S.D.N.Y.), class plaintiffs have submitted briefing in support of a proposed settlement (the “Settlement”) with various Deutsche Bank-related defendants (“Deutsche Bank”). Continue reading In re London Silver Fixing, Ltd. Antitrust Litigation — Settlement Update
The Manipulation Monitor primarily covers developments in antitrust and other competition law litigation relating to the financial services industry. In today’s blog post, however, we are taking a short break from covering the financial services industry to show that allegations of market manipulation in violation of antitrust law extends not just to the marketplace for notes, futures, options, government-backed bonds, commodities, or other financial products, but to the marketplace of ideas, i.e. social media and microblogging. Continue reading Beyond Finance: Manipulation of the Marketplace of Ideas
