( July 8, 2025, 1:37 PM EDT) -- ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The plaintiffs in multidistrict antitrust litigation against shale oil producers on July 7 filed a brief in New Mexico federal court arguing that a case asserted by the defendants as supplemental authority in support of their motion to dismiss is “distinguishable from the present case on multiple grounds,” and the case should not be dismissed because investigations by the Federal Trade Commission “uncovered evidence of collusive communications to restrict output” of oil....