Delaware and New Jersey title insurance companies didn’t violate antitrust laws when they set their rates with government agencies, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held in a pair of similar opinions released June 14.
In both class action cases, the title insurance purchasers claimed that the companies had violated the Sherman Act, and in both cases the district courts had ruled that the claims were barred by the filed-rate doctrine. The Third Circuit affirmed the holding of the Delaware and New Jersey district courts.
