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  1. April 13, 2015

    AUO Could Face $1B Fine For Alleged Probation Violation

    AU Optronics Corp. could face a $1 billion fine and five years of probation for allegedly failing to implement compliance policies after the electronics manufacturer and three of its executives were convicted of conspiring to fix the prices of liquid crystal displays, prosecutors said Monday.

  2. February 13, 2014

    AUO Exec's Price-Fixing Conviction Should Be Upheld: DOJ

    The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday urged the Ninth Circuit to uphold a jury's verdict finding former AU Optronics Corp. executive Steven Leung guilty of participating in a massive price-fixing conspiracy on liquid crystal displays, saying the Sherman Act applies to the conspiracy because it was conducted in part in the U.S.

  3. December 13, 2013

    2 AUO Execs Jailed For LCD Price-Fixing Released On Bail

    A California federal judge on Friday ordered two AU Optronics Corp. executives convicted of conspiring to fix prices on liquid crystal display panels to be released from prison on $1 million bail each, following a Ninth Circuit ruling ordering their release while an appeal of their convictions is pending.

  4. October 11, 2013

    AUO Exec Acquitted In Price-Fixing Case

    A California jury acquitted AU Optronics Corp.'s Richard Bai of price-fixing on Thursday evening, marking the third AUO executive to be found not guilty in the government's liquid crystal display case.

  5. October 09, 2013

    Prosecutors Say AUO Exec Drove Price-Fixing 'Getaway Car'

    AU Optronics Corp. executive Richard Bai didn't attend most of the secret Taiwanese meetings where manufacturers of liquid crystal displays allegedly fixed prices, but he "drove the getaway car" by following his competitors' agreements when setting prices, federal prosecutors told a California jury in closing arguments Wednesday.

  6. October 03, 2013

    AUO Exec Bragged About Raising LCD Prices, Jury Hears

    AU Optronics Corp. executive Richard Bai bragged to his higher-ups about raising liquid-crystal display panel prices – prices which matched the ones rival LCD makers agreed on in secret Taiwanese meetings, a Federal Bureau of Investigations agent testified Thursday in the federal antitrust trial against Bai in California.

  7. September 23, 2013

    CORRECTED: AUO Exec 'Dove In' to LCD Price-Fixing Cartel, Jury Hears

    AU Optronics Corp. executive Richard Bai attended secret meetings in Taiwan with competitors and ordered his subordinates to fix prices in liquid-crystal display panels at those meetings, federal prosecutors told a California federal jury Monday during opening statements in Bai's trial on antitrust charges.

  8. August 30, 2013

    Bail For AUO Exec Who Price-Fixed LCDs Denied By Judge

    A California federal judge Friday denied bail to former AU Optronics Corp. executive Stephen Leung, who was sentenced to two years in jail for participating in a massive price-fixing conspiracy on liquid crystal displays, saying Leung would have to surrender to custody next Friday despite claims of juror misconduct.

  9. April 29, 2013

    AUO Exec Sentenced To 2 Years For LCD Price-Fixing

    A California federal judge on Monday sentenced AU Optronics Corp. executive Steven Leung to two years in prison and ordered him to pay a $50,000 fine for conspiring with other liquid-crystal display makers to drive up prices on panels used in flat-panel monitors, laptops and televisions.

  10. February 27, 2013

    DOJ Won't Challenge AUO $500M Price-Fixing Fine

    The U.S. Department of Justice dropped its appeal of AU Optronics Corp.'s $500 million price-fixing fine Tuesday, leaving the Ninth Circuit with challenges from the company and two executives to the convictions meted out in the liquid crystal display cartel case.

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