Case Details

Year Initiated/Committed

2014

Settlement Amount

n/a

Court

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Michigan

Lead State

FL

Participating States

FL

Defendant(s)

NSK Ltd.; NSK Americas, Inc.; NTN Corporation; NTN USA Corporation; JTEKT Corporation; Koyo Corporation of U.S.A.; AB SKF; SKF USA Inc.; Schaeffler AG; Schaeffler Group USA Inc.,

Case Description

State alleged price-fixing in the market for automotive ball bearings, including bearings used throughout the automobile, from 2000 to the present. The defendants control 75 percent of the market, and entry is not easy. Several of the defendants entered guilty pleas to criminal charges brought by USDOJ.