April 19, 2019
Law firms are again vying to represent television- and computer-component cathode ray tube buyers pushing for pieces of the pie from potential new price-fixing settlements previously valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
April 15, 2019
Indirect purchasers of television- and computer-component cathode ray tubes have urged a California federal judge not to toss two Chinese electronics makers from their yearslong price-fixing class action, arguing the companies are not immunized by Chinese government ownership.
November 08, 2018
A California federal judge floated the possibility of appointing separate counsel Thursday for a class of indirect cathode ray tubes purchasers, after saying he shouldn't have cleared a $576.8 million bundle of antitrust settlements and admonishing the current attorneys for "a classic indication of a potential conflict of interest."
October 23, 2018
A class of indirect purchasers of cathode ray tubes defended its bid to award $6 million of a $577 million bundle of antitrust settlements to buyers from three states who were excluded, saying Monday that the objectors' attempts to claim more money are based on an unrealistic analysis.
October 17, 2018
Carving $6 million from a massive attorneys' fees award isn't enough to overcome the fundamental failure to represent indirect buyers of cathode ray tubes from three states originally excluded from a $576.8 million bundle of antitrust settlements, buyers from the excluded states told a California federal judge Tuesday.
October 04, 2018
A Chinese electronics maker objected Wednesday to a California special master's order to turn over details about sales of cathode ray tubes as part of a yearslong price-fixing suit, saying the evidence demands go too far.
October 03, 2018
Indirect buyers of cathode ray tubes from three states originally excluded — allegedly inappropriately by class counsel — from a $576.8 million bundle of antitrust settlements with technology giants such as Philips and Panasonic may get a cut after all, following pushback from a Ninth Circuit panel in April.
July 19, 2018
Irico Group and a subsidiary on Wednesday asked a California federal court to dismiss them from long-running litigation that claims they participated in a conspiracy to fix prices for cathode ray tubes, saying they should be granted sovereign immunity because they are controlled by the Chinese state.
May 04, 2018
Marta Cooperative of America Inc. on Friday dropped allegations that Toshiba Corp. conspired to fix prices for cathode ray tubes, while maintaining its claims against other companies in multidistrict litigation over alleged violations of federal antitrust laws.
February 15, 2018
Mitsubishi Electric Corp. on Wednesday settled with a class of indirect buyers of cathode ray tubes for $33 million in California federal court, bringing total settlements in multidistrict litigation over an alleged price-fixing conspiracy involving electronics companies to $820 million.