March 25, 2016
A special master on Thursday recommended that Mitsubishi be allowed to force depositions and the production of documents from certain purchasers in the longstanding multidistrict litigation alleging a conspiracy to fix the prices of cathode ray tubes.
March 09, 2016
Several people who oppose a potential $577 million settlement of litigation claiming manufacturers fixed the prices of cathode ray tubes urged a California federal judge Tuesday not to disregard evidence they say is "fatal" to the "conflict-infested" accord.
March 08, 2016
The states of Missouri and Massachusetts on Tuesday told a California federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation alleging price fixing of cathode ray tubes that a proposed $577 million settlement between manufacturers and indirect purchasers improperly neglected claims by residents from their states.
February 05, 2016
Indirect purchaser objectors to a $577 million settlement in multidistrict litigation alleging price-fixing by cathode ray tube manufacturers have said they were not adequately represented and argued class counsel don't deserve $192 million in attorneys' fees because they "piggybacked" on the results of criminal antitrust enforcements from the U.S. and Europe.
January 28, 2016
A California federal court-appointed special master on Thursday recommended the approval of $173 million in attorneys' fees in a settlement ending suits in multidistrict litigation accusing Samsung, Philips, Panasonic and others of conspiring to fix the prices of cathode ray tubes.
January 25, 2016
Office Depot and BrandsMart will dismiss the remaining state antitrust claims brought against LG, Panasonic and others in the multidistrict litigation that alleges a conspiracy to fix the prices of cathode ray tubes, but will continue to pursue claims brought under federal law, according to a Monday California federal court filing.
January 14, 2016
A California federal judge Thursday awarded approximately $38.2 million in attorneys' fees to Saveri & Saveri Inc., Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP and 34 other firms representing direct purchasers in multidistrict litigation alleging a price-fixing conspiracy on cathode ray tubes, saying the 30 percent award was fair and reasonable.
January 13, 2016
LG Electronics, Samsung, Panasonic and other electronic manufacturers urged a California federal judge Wednesday to nix damages bids from a class of buyers and retail resellers of products containing allegedly price-fixed cathode ray tubes, arguing that the plaintiffs don't have standing under the U.S. Supreme Court's Illinois Brick ruling.
December 21, 2015
A California federal judge has signed off on a nearly $10 million settlement between French technology company Technicolor SA and certain purchasers in the longstanding multidistrict litigation that alleged a conspiracy to fix the prices of cathode ray tubes.
December 15, 2015
A series of trials in multidistrict litigation accusing Panasonic, Toshiba and others of conspiring to fix the prices of cathode ray tubes likely won't begin until late 2016, a California federal judge said Tuesday, comparing the wave of trials to the months-long Battle of the Somme.