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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. March 18, 2015

    Attys Seek $11.3M In Fees For Optical Disk Drive MDL Deals

    Attorneys representing direct purchasers in sprawling multidistrict litigation alleging a conspiracy to fix prices on optical disk drives asked a California federal judge Tuesday to approve their attorneys' fees, equal to about a third of the nearly $38 million in settlements they have secured thus far.

  2. October 17, 2014

    Judge Says Toshiba-Samsung's Secrecy In MDL 'Preposterous'

    A California federal judge on Friday ordered Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Corp. Korea to hand over recordings of conversations between a government cooperator and several co-defendants in multidistrict litigation over price-fixing on optical disk drives, calling the nonparty Korean company's efforts to withhold the tapes "preposterous."

  3. October 06, 2014

    Disk Drive Buyers Denied Class Cert. In Price-Fixing MDL

    A California federal judge on Friday refused to certify two classes of purchasers accusing Toshiba Corp. and other electronics producers of conspiring to fix the prices of optical disk drives, finding that neither group had provided a workable methodology for establishing classwide injury and damages.

  4. August 08, 2014

    LG, Hitachi Seek To Nix Contract Claims In Disk Drive MDL

    LG Electronics Inc., Hitachi-LG Data Storage Inc. and several other electronics companies urged a California federal judge on Thursday to nix contract claims brought by Hewlett-Packard Co. in multidistrict litigation over optical disk drive price-fixing, claiming HP has failed to allege the existence of any valid contracts.

  5. July 11, 2014

    Pioneer Escapes Acer's Optical Disk Drive Price-Fixing Suit

    A California federal judge on Thursday signed off on Pioneer Corp.'s bid to evade a lawsuit brought by Acer Inc. over an alleged conspiracy to fix the price of optical disk drives, but said similar claims against Toshiba Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and others in multidistrict litigation must remain.

  6. April 24, 2014

    NEC's $6M Deal OK'd In Disk Drive Price-Fixing MDL

    A California federal judge on Thursday granted preliminary approval to a $6 million deal between NEC Corp. and customers who directly purchased the company's optical disk drives, allowing NEC to exit sprawling multidistrict litigation alleging a conspiracy to fix prices on CD, DVD and Blu-Ray computer disk drives.

  7. 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.

  8. March 20, 2014

    Judge Likely to Pare Fla. Claims In Disk Drive Antitrust MDL

    A California federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation accusing optical disk drive makers of price-fixing said Thursday that he's inclined to toss the state of Florida's claim that the manufacturers violated its state antitrust law, saying Florida hasn't shown enough evidence that the alleged scheme took place within its borders.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.