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Automotive Parts Antitrust Litigation

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Case Number:

2:12-md-02311

Court:

Michigan Eastern

Nature of Suit:

Anti-Trust

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action, Multi-district Litigation

Judge:

Sean F. Cox

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  1. September 23, 2014

    TRW To Pay Consumers $5.4M In Auto Parts Antitrust MDL

    TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. has agreed to pay $5.4 million to settle claims in multidistrict litigation from U.S. car buyers that said it conspired with other auto part makers to fix the price of occupant safety systems, plaintiffs' counsel announced Tuesday.

  2. September 22, 2014

    Yazaki To Pay $76M To Consumers In Price-Fixing MDL Deal

    Yazaki Corp. has agreed to pay $76 million to resolve claims brought against it by certain consumers in a multidistrict antitrust class action accusing the Japanese auto parts maker and several others of bid-rigging and fixing prices, according to documents filed by end-payor plaintiffs Monday.

  3. August 26, 2014

    Japanese Bearings Maker Can't Dodge Price-Fixing MDL

    A Michigan federal judge on Tuesday denied Japanese bearings manufacturer NTN Corp.'s bid to escape the multidistrict litigation accusing auto parts makers of fixing the prices of bearings, saying NTN was a "major participant" in a similar scheme in Japan, during which time it exported a substantial amount of bearings to the U.S.

  4. July 03, 2014

    Antitrust Claims Trimmed From Auto Parts Price-Fixing MDL

    A Michigan federal judge on Thursday trimmed a number of claims brought against several auto-parts makers accused of bid-rigging and fixing prices in a multidistrict litigation, including antitrust claims brought against them under Illinois and Massachusetts law, in one prong of the massive MDL.

  5. June 23, 2014

    Car Dealers Accuse Auto Parts Cos. Of Power Window Cartel

    Another prong of the massive multidistrict litigation underway in Michigan federal court accusing numerous Japanese companies of fixing prices on auto parts plowed ahead Friday as nearly 50 car dealerships lodged a proposed class action targeting a conspiracy to manipulate the market for power window motors.

  6. June 04, 2014

    Yazaki, TRW Settle With Consumers In Price-Fixing MDL

    Yazaki Corp. and TRW Deutschland Holding GmbH on Wednesday agreed to settle with consumers and auto dealers in an antitrust class action accusing the Japanese and German auto parts makers and others of conspiring to fix the price of occupant safety systems.

  7. June 02, 2014

    Autoliv To Pay $65M To Exit Auto Parts Antitrust MDL

    Autoliv Inc. agreed on Monday to pay $65 million to settle with direct purchasers, auto dealers and consumers in an antitrust class action accusing the Swedish auto parts maker and others of conspiring to fix the price of occupant safety systems.

  8. May 28, 2014

    Auto Parts Cos. Fight Bid To Link Antitrust Suits

    Auto parts makers on Tuesday criticized a proposal made by consumers, auto dealers and other plaintiffs to coordinate all of the price-fixing suits in a wide-ranging multidistrict litigation, saying there were too many alleged cartels with too many different players to run all the cases together.

  9. May 07, 2014

    Lear Pays $9M To Settle Wire Harness Antitrust Claims

    Lear Corp. will pay $8.75 million to settle claims it conspired with other auto-parts manufacturers to fix the prices of automotive wire harnesses, the company disclosed in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing Tuesday.

  10. April 15, 2014

    Auto Parts Cos. Move To Squash State Antitrust MDL Claims

    A slew of car parts makers Monday urged the Michigan federal judge overseeing a sprawling antitrust multidistrict litigation alleging bid-rigging and price-fixing on automotive wire harnesses to carve out end payors' "meritless" South Carolina and Arkansas state law claims from the suit.

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