State of Florida, Office of the Attorney General, Department of Legal Affairs v. Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc. et al

  1. October 03, 2016

    Panasonic Settles Optical Disk Drive Suit With Florida

    Panasonic Corp. on Monday settled claims by the state of Florida filed in California federal court that it violated antitrust laws by allegedly participating in a scheme with other optical disk drive makers to fix the prices of the devices.

  2. April 09, 2014

    Fla.'s Antitrust Case On Fewer Legs In Disk Drive MDL

    A California federal court on Tuesday partly nixed claims brought by the state of Florida in multidistrict litigation accusing optical disk drive makers of price-fixing, ruling that its state antitrust claims were unsupported by evidence.

  3. March 04, 2014

    Disk Drive Cos. Say Fla.'s Antitrust Claims Fatally Flawed

    Several optical disk drive manufacturers including Toshiba Corp. and Panasonic Corp. reiterated their call Monday for a California federal judge to toss a portion of a price-fixing suit brought by Florida, claiming the state has conjured misleading arguments in an effort to keep the suit alive.

  4. February 24, 2014

    Fla. Contracts Allow For Price-Fixing Claims, Court Hears

    The state of Florida on Friday defended its right to bring an antitrust suit in California federal court against optical disk drive manufacturers on behalf of vendors who signed state contracts, alleging that the defendants have employed a "nonsensical" reading of the pacts to elude price-fixing claims.

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