In December 2009, Labaton Sucharow LLP was appointed Co-Lead Counsel in this lawsuit, which alleges antitrust violations on behalf of a class of Plaintiffs who purchased ready-mixed concrete in Florida directly from Defendants, the largest providers of concrete in the state. 

In the most recent amended complaint, filed January 4, 2011, Plaintiffs allege that, between February 11, 2008 and the present, Defendants participated in a conspiracy to illegally fix the prices of and allocate the market for ready-mixed concrete sold in the State of Florida. The case is pending before the Honorable Cecilia M. Altonaga in the Southern District of Florida. 

Labaton Sucharow filed the first antitrust class action lawsuit after conducting an extensive independent investigation of anticompetitive conduct in Florida. Subsequent to the filing of this case, the Attorney General of the State of Florida launched its own investigation into Defendants' practices.