August 21, 2017
A California federal judge signed off on an order dismissing claims from Dell Inc. against Toshiba Corporation on Friday after they reached an undisclosed agreement in antitrust litigation over lithium ion batteries.
July 20, 2017
A California federal judge on Tuesday granted Flextronics' bid to withdraw its price-fixing claims against Samsung SDI and a U.S. affiliate after the trio reached a deal in antitrust litigation over alleged price-fixing for lithium-ion batteries.
June 30, 2017
A California magistrate judge has asked the United Kingdom's judicial system to help produce a witness to be deposed in Microsoft Mobile Inc.'s antitrust litigation against Samsung SDI over alleged price-fixing for lithium-ion batteries, which has been paused for arbitration in Finland.
June 01, 2017
Microsoft Mobile Inc. has pulled out of multidistrict antitrust litigation against Samsung SDI America in California federal court over alleged price-fixing for lithium-ion batteries, saying in a joint stipulation filed Thursday that the companies have agreed to arbitrate the dispute in Finland.
May 15, 2017
A California federal judge on Friday decided not to kill a lawsuit by Flextronics accusing electronics companies such as LG, Panasonic, Toshiba, Samsung and others of fixing prices for lithium-ion batteries, saying they must submit to a full airing of the evidence.
April 12, 2017
A California federal judge on Wednesday denied class certification to the purchasers of lithium-ion battery cells who allege price-fixing by electronics manufacturers, but allowed them to amend motions to include more robust expert testimony in support of their certification requests.
March 20, 2017
Panasonic, Toshiba, Hitachi Maxell and NEC have agreed to pay $50 million to settle litigation by direct purchasers of lithium-ion batteries alleging the companies colluded with other electronics manufacturers to fix battery prices for more than a decade, according to documents filed in a California federal court Friday.
January 25, 2017
Hitachi Maxell Ltd. and NEC Corp. reached deals with indirect purchasers in sprawling multidistrict litigation over an alleged conspiracy to fix battery prices for $3.45 million and $2.5 million, respectively, according to a proposal filed in California federal court on Tuesday.
January 23, 2017
Panasonic and other electronics manufacturers accused in multidistrict litigation of conspiring to fix battery prices have urged a California federal court to nix claims brought by Flextronics International USA Inc., saying it shouldn't be allowed to move forward with what they characterize as shoddy attempts at fleshing out the record.
December 07, 2016
LG Chem Ltd. has agreed to pay indirect purchasers of lithium ion batteries $39 million to settle claims in multidistrict litigation that it colluded with other electronics manufacturers to fix the price of batteries, according to a proposed settlement filed in California federal court Wednesday.