July 13, 2020
Jabra headphones parent GN Netcom Inc. has reached a settlement with audio equipment company Plantronics ending eight-year-old allegations that the Jabra rival monopolized the market through exclusive distribution deals, according to filings made Monday in Delaware federal court.
January 03, 2018
A Delaware federal judge on Wednesday nixed a bid by Jabra headphones parent GN Netcom Inc. to revive a $600 million antitrust suit against rival Plantronics Inc., rejecting claims that evidentiary decisions in the underlying case deprived GN of a fair trial.
October 18, 2017
A federal jury in Delaware on Wednesday cleared telephone headset maker Plantronics Inc. of antitrust claims asserted by Jabra brand parent GN Netcom Inc., finding after a weeklong trial that its so-called Plantronics-only distributors do not violate the Sherman and Clayton acts.
October 17, 2017
The antitrust claims Jabra brand parent GN Netcom Inc. lodged against telephone headset maker Plantronics Inc. are expected to go to a federal jury Wednesday after the weeklong trial in Delaware came close to closing Tuesday in a case where damages could measure up to $600 million.
October 11, 2017
Telephone headset maker Plantronics Inc. pushed back against competitor and Jabra brand parent GN Netcom Inc.'s antitrust accusations Wednesday as a potentially $600 million trial kicked off, saying GN launched a litigation gambit to augment a weak business.
October 10, 2017
A Delaware federal judge Tuesday ordered a hearing in an upcoming antitrust trial between headset maker Jabra and rival Plantronics with as much as $600 million at stake, after the companies dueled over evidence that the court has said can be admitted.
October 05, 2017
Heading into an antitrust trial between headset makers Plantronics and Jabra with as much as $600 million at stake, a Delaware judge decided Thursday on the exact instructions a jury must receive regarding the deletion of thousands of emails by a then-Plantronics executive.
October 02, 2017
Telephone-headset makers Plantronics Inc. and GN Netcom Inc. sparred in a Delaware federal courtroom Monday over how to tell jurors about the alleged bad-faith destruction of Plantronics emails during an upcoming six-day antitrust trial with as much as $600 million on the line.
July 14, 2016
A Delaware federal judge has imposed a $3 million sanction on headset maker Plantronics Inc. for intentionally deleting thousands of emails relevant to an antitrust suit brought by rival Jabra's parent company GN Netcom Inc., a record punishment for document destruction according to GN's attorneys.