Tire manufacturers say plaintiffs can't get another try in US price-fixing case

( May 12, 2025, 22:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Continental Tire, Michelin, Nokian Tyres, Goodyear, Pirelli and Bridgestone opposed direct purchaser plaintiffs’ motion to file amended US price-fixing claims, saying the proposed amended complaints tell the same story with the same holes as before. “Plaintiffs seek leave to add allegations about vague and generic statements by some of defendants’ ‘former employees,’ including someone they describe as a ‘pricing manager’ based in the US during the heart of plaintiffs’ would-be conspiracy. But plaintiffs do not allege that any of these so-called ‘confidential witnesses’ say that defendants agreed to fix the prices of replacement tires. That silence tells us all we need to know about this supposed conspiracy: there was none,” they said.See attached file. ...

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Tire manufacturers say plaintiffs can't get another try in US price-fixing case

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