Pearson Warshaw filed an antitrust class action on behalf of direct tire purchasers, claiming that major tire manufacturers conspired to fix prices since at least January 2020, resulting in higher costs for buyers. PW partner Bobby Pouya serves as a representative on the Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee. This class action alleges that the world’s largest tire manufacturers of new replacement tires for passenger vehicles violated antitrust laws by raising and maintaining prices at artificially high levels in the United States.
The matter is In re Passenger Vehicle Replacement Tires Antitrust Litigation, and is currently pending in the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, Case No. 5:24-md-3107-SL.