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Metro Council Votes to Hire John Bel Edwards' Law Firm to File Antitrust Lawsuit Against Firetruck Makers
The firm would investigate alleged collusion by major manufacturers that has pushed ladder truck prices from about $589,000 to nearly $1.1 million, union leaders told the U.S. Senate.
BATON ROUGE — Former Gov. John Bel Edwards is among the partners of a firm the Baton Rouge Metro Council voted in favor of hiring to file an antitrust class action lawsuit against the country's largest manufacturers of firetrucks. On Wednesday, the council voted to approve an agreement with Louisiana-based business law firm Fishman Haygood to explore the antitrust lawsuit. Several lawsuits have been filed against Pierce Manufacturing, Rosenbauer…