November 16, 2022
A Ninth Circuit panel refused Wednesday to upend a district court order giving Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP and other firms $33.8 million in fees and another $6.8 million in expenses from over $113 million in lithium-ion battery price-fixing settlements, rejecting objector assertions of a conflict of interest.
December 11, 2020
A California federal judge has granted roughly $34 million in fees for class counsel who secured more than $113 million in settlements on behalf of indirect buyers accusing Sony and several others of conspiring to fix the price of lithium-ion batteries.
May 20, 2020
A California federal judge told class counsel Wednesday she's going to do a "complete reanalysis" of their renewed bid for $34 million in fees for resolving battery price-fixing claims against Sony and others after the Ninth Circuit vacated her prior approval.
August 19, 2019
A California federal judge approved $29 million in attorney fees Friday as part of a $113 million final settlement that resolves claims that Samsung, Sony and others fixed lithium-ion battery prices.
July 16, 2019
A California federal judge said during a hearing Tuesday she intends to approve settlements worth more than $113 million that would resolve indirect buyers' claims alleging Samsung, Sony and others fixed lithium-ion battery prices, over multiple objections to class counsel's $34 million attorney fee request.
April 25, 2019
Attorneys who worked out more than $113 million in settlements on behalf of buyers accusing a slew of battery makers of conspiring to fix the price of lithium-ion batteries are asking a California federal judge to allow them to pocket $34 million for their trouble.
September 04, 2018
A California federal judge on Friday granted Panasonic and Sanyo's request that she strike a renewed certification bid by a consumer class in multidistrict litigation over the alleged price-fixing of lithium-ion batteries, saying that granting the customers' third attempt would set a "dangerous precedent" and lower the high bar for tampering with MDL case calendars.
August 16, 2018
Indirect purchasers who allege a slew of battery makers engaged in price-fixing lithium ion batteries told a California federal court on Wednesday that Samsung SDI Co. Ltd., NEC Tokin Corp. and Toshiba Corp. have agreed to settle their multidistrict litigation claims for a total of $43.5 million.
August 16, 2018
Panasonic Corp. and Sanyo Electric Co. have asked a California federal court to let them out of indirect purchasers' claims in multidistrict litigation over alleged lithium ion battery price-fixing, arguing that the consumers had provided no evidence that they paid unfairly spiked prices for batteries sold by the companies.
July 02, 2018
An attorney and his client, a company co-owned by his sister that objected to a $139.3 million battery price-fixing class action settlement, were held in contempt of court Monday by a California judge who said they didn't explain why they disobeyed a deposition order.