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In Re: Optical Disk Drive Products Antitrust Litigation

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Case Number:

3:10-md-02143

Court:

California Northern

Nature of Suit:

Anti-Trust

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action, Multi-district Litigation

Judge:

Richard Seeborg

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  1. June 23, 2017

    Dell, Hitachi Settle Optical Disc Drive Price-Fixing Claims

    Dell Inc. agreed Thursday to drop its claims against Hitachi Ltd., and Hitachi's joint venture with LG Electronics Inc., in a suit alleging a conspiracy to fix prices for optical disk drives, which is part of a sprawling antitrust multidistrict litigation in California involving a slew of manufacturers.

  2. April 04, 2017

    Teac Inks $5M Deal In Optical Disc Drive Antitrust MDL

    Teac Corp. agreed to pay $5 million in the latest settlement with consumers over an alleged industrywide price-fixing scheme concerning optical disc drives, bringing the total settlements for indirect purchasers of the products to $180 million, according to papers filed Monday.

  3. March 21, 2017

    HP, Sony Reach Dismissal Deal In Disk Drive Antitrust MDL

    Sony Corp. is no longer facing antitrust claims from HP Inc. over an alleged price-fixing conspiracy for optical disk drives, as a California federal judge on Tuesday signed off on an agreement between the companies to drop the claims.

  4. March 14, 2017

    Philips, Pioneer To Settle Optical Disk Drive MDL For $50.5M

    Electronics companies Pioneer and Philips will pay a combined $50.5 million in the latest settlement with consumers in a long-running multidistrict litigation alleging an industrywide price-fixing scheme over optical disk drives, according to documents filed in California court on Monday.

  5. October 24, 2016

    HP, Panasonic Come To Terms In Disk Drive Antitrust MDL

    HP has reached an agreement to dismiss claims against Panasonic that the electronics company violated antitrust laws by allegedly participating in a scheme with other optical disk drive makers to fix the prices of the devices, according to documents filed Monday in California federal court.

  6. 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.

  7. July 22, 2016

    Judge OKs $125M In Settlements In Optical Disk Drive MDL

    A California federal judge on Thursday granted a request by purchasers of optical disk drives and computers containing those components to approve $124.5 million worth of settlements, including deals with Sony and Hitachi-LG Data Storage, in litigation over an alleged price-fixing scheme.

  8. July 06, 2016

    Circuit City, RadioShack Seek To Save Disk Drive MDL Claims

    The liquidating trustees of Circuit City and RadioShack on Tuesday defended antitrust claims they have filed against Toshiba, Samsung and other electronics companies in multidistrict litigation over the alleged price-fixing of optical disk drives, asserting their filings are timely and sufficiently specific.

  9. June 29, 2016

    Optical Disk Drive Buyers Seek OK For $125M In Settlements

    Consumers who bought optical disk drives and computers containing those components asked a California federal judge on Tuesday to approve $124.5 million worth of settlements, including newly unveiled deals with Sony and Hitachi-LG Data Storage, in litigation over an alleged price-fixing scheme.

  10. May 16, 2016

    Drinker Biddle Allowed To Ditch Disk Drive MDL Client

    A California federal judge on Monday allowed Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP attorneys to stop representing Quanta Storage in multidistrict litigation over optical disk drive price-fixing, after they recently said Quanta refused to follow the firm's advice and failed to pay legal bills.