Interior Molded Doors Antitrust Litigation

Berman Tabacco was counsel for Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs in this action which alleged that the defendants engaged in collusive pricing and an illegal market allocation for sales of “interior molded doors” in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1. Interior molded doors are a type of interior door ubiquitous in residential housing made by sandwiching a wood frame and a hollow or solid core between two doorskins composed of a high-density fibrous mat and formed into a raised panel design. Interior molded doors simulate the aesthetics of solid wood doors at lower prices and are the most popular type of interior door in North America. On April 10, 2019, Plaintiffs filed their Second Amended Complaint. On September 18, 2019, the court granted in part and denied in part defendants’ motion to dismiss. Plaintiffs moved for class certification in 2020 and the case reached a settlement in September 2020 for $56 million, which was revised up to $61.6 million in January 2021, and which was approved by the Court on June 3, 2021.