John M. Majoras

Federal Jury Returns Verdicts in Rare Price-Fixing Trial of Global Liquid-Crystal Displays Conspiracy
Bernard E. Amory,John M. Majoras,Hiromitsu Miyakawa,Ryan C. Thomas,Peter J. Wang, April 12, 2012
Companies and individuals that are accused of price-fixing rarely go to trial. Indeed, in the last 10 years, no corporate defendant (and only a handful of individuals) has elected to litigate an international criminal cartel case in a U.S. court. The vast majority of cases are resolved through...

German Court Holds Indirect Purchasers Have Standing, Defendants May Invoke Passing-On Defense
Thomas Jestaedt,John M. Majoras,Johannes G. Zöttl, July 15, 2011
The German Federal Civil Court (BGH) has held that both direct and indirect purchasers may sue for antitrust damages, but defendants may raise the passing-on defense. Through the passing-on defense, defendants try to demonstrate that plaintiffs suffered no financial harm, as they passed on the...