Case 3:09-md-02121-LAB-DHB Document 178 Filed 02/22/12 Page 1 of 52 Daniel C. Girard (SBN # 114826) 1
[email protected] 2 Eric H. Gibbs (SBN # 178658)
[email protected] 3 Elizabeth C. Pritzker (SBN # 146267)
[email protected] 4 Amy M. Zeman (SBN # 273100)
[email protected] 5 GIRARD GIBBS LLP th 6 601 California Street, 14 Floor San Francisco, CA 94108 7 Telephone: (415) 981-4800 Facsimile: (415) 981-4846 8 Lead-Liaison Counsel for Plaintiffs 9 [Additional Counsel Listed On Signature Page] 10 11 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 12 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 13 IN RE: MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND ) No. MDL 2121 14 EQUIPMENT ANTITRUST LITIGATION ) ________________________________________ ) SECOND AMENDED 15 ) CONSOLIDATED CLASS ) ACTION COMPLAINT 16 This Document Relates To: ) ) 17 ALL ACTIONS ) DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL ) 18 ) ) 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 IN RE: MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT ANTITRUST LITIGATION, NO. MDL 2121 SECOND AMENDED CONSOLIDATED CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT Case 3:09-md-02121-LAB-DHB Document 178 Filed 02/22/12 Page 2 of 52 1 Plaintiffs, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, allege as follows. Except 2 as to Plaintiffs’ own actions, this complaint is based upon information and belief, limited discovery 3 produced by the Defendants, and the independent investigation of counsel: 4 NATURE OF THE ACTION 5 1. This case arises out of an alleged conspiracy to raise, fix, maintain or stabilize the retail 6 prices of new, high-end acoustic and electric guitars, bass guitars and guitar amplifiers by the National 7 Association of Music Merchants (“NAMM”), the main trade association for the music products industry, 8 Guitar Center, Inc.