November 13, 2012
A special master on Friday recommended allowing a group of indirect purchaser plaintiffs to add Mitsubishi Electric Corp. as a defendant in the multidistrict litigation accusing electronics makers of fixing prices for cathode ray tubes.
November 06, 2012
Sharp Corp., currently embroiled in Korean price-fixing litigation against Samsung Group and other cathode ray tube manufacturers, urged a California federal judge Monday to overrule a special master's recommendation and allow the company access to documents from a parallel U.S. antitrust case.
October 05, 2012
Hitachi Ltd., Panasonic Corp. and other electronics makers accused in multidistrict litigation of fixing cathode ray tube prices told a California federal court Thursday to toss the state of Florida's bid for an injunction, arguing that there is no threat of a continued CRT cartel.
October 02, 2012
Consumers who allege in multidistrict litigation that Toshiba Corp., Hitachi Ltd. and other electronics makers conspired to fix prices on cathode ray tubes sought Monday to certify classes of indirect purchasers of the device in 21 states and Washington.
September 06, 2012
LG Electronics Inc. on Thursday agreed to pay $25 million in the fourth settlement to resolve claims by a proposed class of direct purchasers in multidistrict litigation alleging electronics makers including Toshiba Corp. and Hitachi Ltd. conspired to fix prices on cathode ray tubes.
August 20, 2012
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and several other electronics companies asked a California federal court Friday to dismiss state law claims in direct purchaser multidistrict litigation alleging the companies conspired to fix cathode ray tube prices, saying the claims are time-barred, among other deficiencies.
July 25, 2012
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Hitachi Ltd. and several other electronics companies asked a California federal court Tuesday to cut buyers of finished products like TVs from the putative direct purchaser class accusing them of conspiring to fix prices on cathode ray tubes.
July 06, 2012
Panasonic Corp. on Friday agreed to pay $17.5 million to resolve direct purchasers' allegations in multidistrict litigation claiming it was part of an international conspiracy to fix the prices of cathode ray tubes used in computer monitors and televisions.
May 04, 2012
Tatung Co. of America Inc. on Thursday escaped allegations that it conspired with LG Electronics Inc. and others to fix the prices of cathode ray tubes after a California federal judge approved a deal between Tatung and direct purchasers in the multidistrict litigation.
April 30, 2012
An LG Electronics Inc. unit was dropped Friday from an antitrust multidistrict litigation in California federal court brought by several major electronics retailers, including Best Buy Co. Inc. and Sears Roebuck and Co., over an alleged price-fixing scheme for cathode ray tubes.