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MDL No. 1917 In Re: Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) Antitrust Litigation

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Case Number:

3:07-cv-05944

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Court:

California Northern

Nature of Suit:

Anti-Trust

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Jon S. Tigar

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  1. December 10, 2019

    CRT Buyers Say Delay Tactics Bar Chinese Cos.' Appeal

    Two Chinese electronics companies blew their chance to appeal or pause an order blocking their exit from a yearslong, multidistrict class action over the price-fixing of television- and computer-component cathode ray tubes, CRT buyers have told a California federal court.

  2. August 05, 2019

    Main CRT Class, Electronics Cos. Defend $577M Deals

    Cathode ray tube manufacturers, including Toshiba and Panasonic, urged a federal judge Friday not to formally vacate their $576.8 million price-fixing settlements bundle with consumers, arguing that a bid to nix the deal by purchasers excluded from the settlement is mooted by a new agreement.

  3. August 01, 2019

    Excluded CRT Buyers Blast New Price-Fixing Deal

    When class counsel for indirect buyers from 21 states and D.C. struck a new price-fixing settlement with Toshiba, Panasonic and other cathode ray tube manufacturers, they violated "fiduciary duties" to the remaining states excluded from the original deal, attorneys for the omitted buyers told a California federal judge Wednesday.

  4. July 31, 2019

    New CRT Price-Fixing Deal Still Excludes Omitted States

    Indirect buyers from 22 states have struck a new price-fixing settlement with Toshiba, Panasonic and other cathode ray tube manufacturers, but Tuesday's filing in California federal court will likely only engender a new round of fighting with states excluded from the deal.

  5. July 22, 2019

    Excluded CRT Buyers Want $577M Deals Formally Nixed

    It's time to formally vacate a $576.8 million bundle of price-fixing settlements with Toshiba, Panasonic and other cathode ray tube manufacturers, according to indirect CRT buyers initially excluded from the deal who sought Friday to ensure a seat at the new negotiating table.

  6. July 18, 2019

    'Repealer' Cathode Ray Tube Buyers Oppose Separate Trials

    Indirect purchasers of television and computer component cathode ray tubes from nine states, who were excluded from a $576.8 million price-fixing settlement with Toshiba and Panasonic have urged a California federal court to throw out a bid from other buyers seeking two separate trials next year.

  7. July 08, 2019

    State Law Claims Revived In Revitalized CRT MDL

    Samsung, Panasonic and other electronics companies are facing a far larger multidistrict litigation over alleged price-fixing for television- and computer-component cathode ray tubes, after a California federal judge lifted a nine-year-old limit on state law claims and the parties prepare for new settlement talks and perhaps a trial.

  8. May 15, 2019

    Chinese Cos. Can't Keep DOJ From CRT Immunity Row

    The U.S. Department of Justice will be able to interject against two Chinese electronics makers' bid to assert sovereign immunity against a yearslong price-fixing multidistrict class action over television- and computer-component cathode ray tubes, after a California federal judge held Wednesday that DOJ participation would be "useful."

  9. May 06, 2019

    Samsung, Panasonic Want To Limit New CRT Settlement Talks

    Samsung, Panasonic and other electronics companies told a California federal court Friday that renewed settlement talks over alleged price-fixing for television- and computer-component cathode ray tubes should be limited to indirect buyers from just three states excluded from a previous $576.8 million bundle of deals. 

  10. April 23, 2019

    DOJ Blasts Chinese Cos.' Immunity Arguments In CRT Suit

    Two Chinese electronics makers trying to duck a yearslong price-fixing class action over television- and computer-component cathode ray tubes are using readings of immunity for foreign government-owned entities that are either "overly broad" or "overly narrow," the U.S. Department of Justice told a California federal judge Tuesday.