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  • Federal District Court Dismisses Foreign Parent Companies For Lack Of Jurisdiction In Polyurethane Price-Fixing Case
    02/10/2026
    On January 29, 2026, U.S. District Judge W. Scott Hardy of the Western District of Pennsylvania (W.D. Pa.) unsealed his January 8, 2026, opinion dismissing price-fixing claims against two foreign corporations for lack of personal jurisdiction. In re: Diisocyanates Antitrust Litigation, Case No. 2:18-mc-01001 (W.D. Pa. Jan. 8, 2026). The court dismissed with prejudice antitrust claims against Covestro AG (“Covestro”) and Wanhua Chemical Group Co., Ltd. (“Wanhua”), in a multidistrict litigation alleging that defendants conspired to fix the price of polyurethane components sold in or shipped to the United States and/or its territories. The Court held it lacked both general and specific personal jurisdiction over Covestro and Wanhua, entities headquartered in Germany and China, respectively.