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In Re TFT-LCD (Flat Panel) Antitrust Litigation

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Case Number:

3:07-md-01827

Court:

California Northern

Nature of Suit:

Anti-Trust

Multi Party Litigation:

Multi-district Litigation

Judge:

Susan Illston

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  1. October 03, 2012

    Philips Shakes Retailer Price-Fixing Claims In LCD MDL

    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.

  2. September 24, 2012

    Costco Can't Prove Losses From LCD Sales, Judge Says

    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. 

  3. September 19, 2012

    LCD Cos. Escape Retailers' State Price-Fixing MDL Claims

    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.

  4. September 13, 2012

    Direct LCD Buyers Rip Dell's Bid To Stall $30M Toshiba Deal

    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.

  5. September 11, 2012

    Toshiba To Pay Direct LCD Buyers $30M In Price-Fixing MDL

    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.  

  6. August 30, 2012

    Foreign Trade Law Won't Bar Nokia LCD Antitrust Claims: Judge

    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.

  7. August 28, 2012

    Calif. Judge Axes Indirect State Claims In LCD Antitrust MDL

    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.

  8. August 24, 2012

    Toshiba Settles With LCD Direct Buyers After $87M Verdict

    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.

  9. August 21, 2012

    LCD Buyers Say 9th Circ. ATM Ruling Can't Nix Antitrust Suit

    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.

  10. August 09, 2012

    LCD Makers Can't Ax Motorola Foreign Injury Claims

    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.

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