In Re Blood Reagents Antitrust Litigation

MEMORANDUM

DuBOIS, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

In these consolidated antitrust actions, plaintiffs allege that the two leading pro ducers of blood reagents — Immucor, Inc. (“Immucor”) and Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. (“Ortho Clinical”) — conspired to unreasonably restrain trade and commerce in violation of § 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1. By Order of August 23, 2010, the Court denied the motions to dismiss filed by Immucor and Ortho Clinical. 1 The defendants then timely filed a Motion for Reconsideration or for Certification of an Interlocutory Appeal, which is presently…