October 03, 2012
A California federal judge last week agreed to call off allegations of price-fixing in the liquid crystal display industry against Philips Electronics North America Corp. by purchasers of the LCD products, approving a pair of bids for dismissal within the larger multidistrict litigation.
September 24, 2012
A California federal judge on Saturday struck down Costco Wholesale Corp.'s bid to recover lost sales from several electronics makers embroiled in multidistrict price-fixing litigation over liquid crystal display screens, finding the retailer couldn't adequately prove its proposed damages.
September 19, 2012
A California federal judge on Tuesday discarded price-fixing claims lodged by Target Corp., Kmart Corp. and other retailers against LG Display Co. Ltd. and other liquid crystal display makers accused of cartel activity, finding no link between this alleged activity and the multidistrict litigation plaintiffs' state law claims.
September 13, 2012
Direct purchasers in multidistrict antitrust litigation over liquid crystal display panels ripped Dell Inc.'s request to delay a preliminary approval hearing on their $30 million settlement with Toshiba Corp., saying Thursday that Dell's planned objection to the deal has no merit.
September 11, 2012
Toshiba Corp. will shell out $30 million and a California federal judge will vacate an $87 million jury verdict under a proposed settlement in multidistrict litigation alleging a conspiracy to fix prices for liquid crystal display panels, the direct purchaser class said Monday.
August 30, 2012
The California federal judge overseeing multidistrict antitrust litigation over liquid crystal display prices refused to pare Nokia Corp.'s case against Samsung Electronics. Co. Ltd, Toshiba Corp. and others Wednesday, rejecting their argument that certain claims were barred by the Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act.
August 28, 2012
A California federal judge on Monday dismissed part of multidistrict litigation alleging that Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and other electronics makers fixed liquid crystal display prices, ruling that indirect purchasers could assert state law claims only where they allegedly paid higher prices.
August 24, 2012
Toshiba Corp. has reached a settlement with a class of liquid crystal display buyers after getting hit with an $87 million price-fixing verdict in the long-running antitrust case, the parties said Wednesday.
August 21, 2012
Producers and direct purchasers of liquid crystal display panels are too closely related to use a recent Ninth Circuit ruling to shut down indirect purchasers' price-fixing suit against LCD makers, an indirect purchaser told the California federal court overseeing the multidistrict litigation Monday.
August 09, 2012
A California federal judge refused Thursday to nix price-fixing claims Motorola Mobility Inc. brought against a slew of liquid crystal display makers over panels delivered to its foreign manufacturing facilities, leaving the question of whether those purchases meet the criteria for U.S. antitrust claims up to the jury.