January 09, 2012
The states of Illinois, Oregon and Washington told a California federal judge Friday that modifications are needed before a bid for approval of $538 million in settlements to end class action liquid crystal display price-fixing claims against Samsung Electronics Co. and others can be granted.
January 03, 2012
Samsung Electronics Co., Sharp Corp. and several other defendants recently agreed to pay $538 million to settle claims by a class of indirect purchasers and eight state attorneys general that they conspired to fix the prices of liquid crystal display panels.
December 08, 2011
A California federal judge ruled Wednesday that indirect purchasers of thin film transistor liquid crystal display panels have standing to pursue antitrust claims under the laws of 14 states in a multidistrict litigation.
November 16, 2011
A California federal judge on Wednesday refused to dismiss Motorola Mobility Inc.'s antitrust suit against Philips Electronics North America Corp., saying Motorola had sufficiently alleged that the electronics company belongs in a multidistrict litigation alleging price-fixing in the thin-film transistor liquid crystal display market.
November 09, 2011
A California federal judge refused Wednesday to strip certain liquid crystal display panels produced only by LG Display Co. Ltd. from multidistrict antitrust litigation, despite defendants' claims that it was impossible for those panels to be part of the alleged price-fixing plot.
November 09, 2011
The state of South Carolina on Tuesday asked a court to let it join Illinois and Washington state in opposing a settlement with Epson Imaging Devices Corp. that would prevent the states' liquid crystal display purchasers from seeking further damages in the long-running multidistrict price-fixing litigation.
November 08, 2011
A California federal judge refused Monday to let Toshiba Corp. out of a multidistrict price-fixing litigation over liquid crystal display panels, rejecting the company's claims that there was no evidence tying the electronics maker and several subsidiaries to the alleged plot.
November 07, 2011
A California federal judge on Friday rejected a bid by a group of liquid-crystal display makers to nix claims that they conspired to limit the production of flat-screen panels from a multidistrict price-fixing litigation.
October 06, 2011
A California federal judge on Wednesday said the alleged price-fixing actions of a group of liquid crystal display manufacturers had directly impacted the U.S. market, nixing the manufacturers' bid to toss a class of indirect purchasers' antitrust claims based on foreign sales.
September 29, 2011
A California federal judge on Wednesday refused to toss a slew of state antitrust claims brought by indirect purchasers in multidistrict litigation alleging liquid crystal display manufacturers LG Display Co. Ltd., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and others conspired to fix LCD panel prices.