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3:07-md-01827
California Northern
Anti-Trust
Multi-district Litigation
Susan Illston
More than five years of litigation after reaching an initial agreement, Sony settled with HannStar for its role in a price-fixing scheme involving liquid crystal displays, as a California judge signed off Tuesday on the parties' agreement to dismiss the claim from multidistrict litigation.
Best Buy Co. will get about $2 million in fees after it won an antitrust suit alleging manufacturers fixed prices in the market for flat-screen liquid crystal display panels, slightly more than it initially won, according to a California federal court order Monday.
The Oregon Attorney General's Office on Wednesday asked a California federal court to award it up to $4.8 million in costs and attorneys' fees from $21.5 million in deals the state struck with LG, Toshiba, Samsung, Sharp and others that settled its claims in multidistrict litigation over alleged price-fixing of liquid crystal display products.
The state of Oregon on Friday asked a California federal judge to approve a $21 million deal with Hitachi, Epson, LG, Sharp, Samsung, AU Optronics, Toshiba and others to end the state's claims in multidistrict litigation over alleged price-fixing of liquid crystal display products.
Circuit City Stores Inc. and Proview Technology Inc. finalized settlement agreements Tuesday in their suits against AU Optronics Corp. and HannStar Display Corp., as part of multidistrict litigation over alleged price-fixing of liquid crystal display products.
Home Depot USA has reached a settlement in its suit against AU Optronics Corp., part of multidistrict litigation alleging a price-fixing plot involving liquid crystal display products, according to court documents filed with California's Northern District on Wednesday.
Acer America Corp. on Friday resolved its antitrust suit against Toshiba Corp., Hitachi Ltd. and NEC Corp. that accused liquid crystal display makers of fixing prices, one day after Acer agreed to dismiss claims against LG Display Co. Ltd., according to documents filed in California federal court.
The judge overseeing long-running multidistrict litigation accusing liquid crystal display makers of price-fixing on Tuesday recommended sending suits filed by Office Depot Inc., MetroPCS Wireless Inc. and others back to their original courts for trial.
The trustee for Circuit City Stores Inc. agreed to dismiss his claims against Epson Imaging Devices Corp. in a liquid crystal display price-fixing multidistrict litigation on Tuesday, a day after Proview Technology Inc. stipulated dismissal of its claims against LG Display Co. Ltd. in the same case.
A California federal judge on Friday refused to halt the $1.1 billion settlement in a multidistrict litigation over price-fixing on liquid crystal displays while lender LFG National Capital LLC awaits final judgment in a separate suit seeking a $31.1 million loan repayment from the plaintiffs' attorney.