May 31, 2018
The lawyer for a travel agency objecting to a $139.3 million battery price-fixing class action settlement has told a California federal judge that a magistrate erred in recommending a contempt order against him and his client for bringing a "manifestly unprepared" corporate representative — his own sister — to a deposition.
May 08, 2018
A California federal judge overseeing a $139.3 million package of settlements in sprawling multidistrict litigation over alleged price-fixing by Samsung, Sony, LG and other lithium ion battery makers said Tuesday she'll award over $45 million in attorneys' fees and costs to counsel for a class of direct buyers.
April 03, 2018
A conservative think tank has urged the Ninth Circuit to reject a class settlement in the massive lithium ion battery multidistrict litigation, arguing in a brief filed Monday that the class roped in plaintiffs who had no claims.
March 26, 2018
Acer Inc. agreed to dismiss its lithium ion battery price-fixing claims against Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. on Friday as vast multidistrict litigation resulting in tens of millions in settlements continues to wind down with resolutions among the various parties.
March 14, 2018
A California federal judge on Wednesday signed off on the stipulated dismissal of TracFone Wireless Inc.'s lithium battery price-fixing allegations against Tokin Corp., representing the latest of several claims to be dropped from the multidistrict litigation, including accusations against Toshiba Corp.
March 07, 2018
A California judge has rejected class certification by consumers in multidistrict litigation over lithium battery price-fixing, giving Panasonic Corp. a huge victory against a $1.7 billion treble-damages claim after all other defendant companies paid millions in settlements.
December 12, 2017
A California federal judge said Tuesday she doesn't have a lot of sympathy for Flextronics' failure to opt out of Maxell, NEC, Panasonic and Toshiba's $49.85 million settlement with a class of direct purchasers of lithium-ion batteries, saying the electronics manufacturer "screwed up" by missing the opt-out deadline and it's now scrambling.
November 21, 2017
A California federal judge on Tuesday threatened to sanction Simplo USA and hold it in contempt for violating orders requiring the lithium-ion battery pack developer to hand over sales data in multidistrict litigation over an alleged conspiracy to fix battery prices, saying "all I see is gamesmanship — nothing else."
August 31, 2017
LG Chem has reached an agreement to settle claims by Dell that the company participated in a conspiracy to fix prices for lithium-ion batteries, according to papers filed in a California federal court Wednesday.
August 29, 2017
A California federal judge said Tuesday she'll approve a $49.85 million deal resolving class claims by direct lithium-ion battery purchasers that Hitachi, Panasonic, Toshiba and NEC colluded to fix battery prices, commending the parties for reaching a settlement and ending the 4-year-old litigation.