Grabar Law Office has filed a putative class action on behalf of direct purchasers of customized promotional products, including silicone wristbands (“CPPs”), against the top producers and manufacturers of these products for their alleged conspiracy to restrain of trade in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1. Plaintiff seeks to represent all persons and entities in the United States (excluding Defendants, their parents, predecessors, successors, subsidiaries, and affiliates as well as federal government entities) that directly purchased CPPs from any of the Defendants or their co-conspirators at any time during the period from June 1, 2014 through the present (the “Class Period”). To date, four of the alleged cartel members have pleaded guilty for their roles in their unlawful scheme.
Plaintiff in this complaint is Timothy Hayden, the President of the Nectrotizing Fasciitis Foundation (“NFF”). Plaintiff bought customized silicone wristbands directly from Defendant Zaappaaz, Inc., through its Wrist-Band.com website during the Class Period and donated them to NFF. Defendants include Gennex Media, LLC; Zaappaaz, Inc.; Custom Wristbands, Inc.; Netbrands Media Corp.; Casad Company, Inc.; Brandco, L.L.C.; Azim Makanojiya; Mashnoon Ahmed; Christopher Angeles; and Akil Kurji.
The Case is Hayden v. Gennex Media, LLC, et al., Civil Action No. 4:18-cv-883 (S.D. Tex.)
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