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US: Billion-dollar chemical price-fixing case goes to jury

By  |  February 20, 2013

A month-long price-fixing case against Dow Chemical Co. is winding down as seven jurors are to decide its outcome in Kansas City. Dow is accused of forcing cost increases of urethane by colluding with its competitors – the plaintiffs are asking for $1.125 billion. According to the arguments, Dow’s collusion ran between 1999 and 2003. The accusations claim that Dow colluded with BASF, Bayer AG and Huntsman Corp. in private outings at golf courses and hotels, as well as through phone calls.

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