The mayor and city council of Baltimore have filed an antitrust class action accusing the shale oil industry of conspiring to limit oil production and colluding to drive up the price of crude oil, mirroring similar lawsuits filed across southwestern U.S. jurisdictions.

Nachawati Law Group, Berger Montague and Farra & Wang are assisting the Baltimore City Law Department in this litigation, the latest class action against Big Oil firms seeking damages and an injunction that would prevent further alleged violations of the Sherman Act.