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IN RE: LITHIUM ION BATTERIES ANTITRUST LITIGATION

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Case Number:

4:13-md-02420

Court:

California Northern

Nature of Suit:

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action, Multi-district Litigation

Judge:

Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers

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October 02, 2014
Judge Trims Price-Fixing MDL Over Lithium Ion Batteries

A California federal judge on Thursday pared the latest version of antitrust suits filed by classes of direct and indirect purchasers alleging a price-fixing scheme among lithium ion battery manufacturers, but kept both suits alive after finding that they pled antitrust claims adequately.
June 18, 2014
Panasonic Attacks Battery Purchasers' Antitrust Standing

Panasonic Corp. on Tuesday roundly criticized the latest iteration of a complaint in California federal court by group of direct purchasers alleging a price-fixing scheme among lithium ion battery manufacturers, arguing that the plaintiffs have no standing to assert their antitrust claims.
April 28, 2014
LG Chem, GS Yuasa Want Out Of Battery Price-Fixing MDL

The U.S. unit of South Korea's LG Chem Ltd. and Japan-based Yuasa Corp. on Friday challenged purchasers' claims in multidistrict litigation over a scheme to fix lithium ion battery prices, with LG calling the claims too broad and GS Yuasa asking to exit the case for good.
January 21, 2014
Suits Tossed In Japanese, Korean Battery Price-Fixing MDL

A California federal judge on Tuesday dismissed two putative class actions alleging a multiyear, international price-fixing conspiracy among Japanese and South Korean manufacturers of lithium ion battery cells, saying the suits sufficiently allege the conspiracy and cover-up but don't yet show a conscious commitment to conspire.
December 06, 2013
Panasonic Ordered To Remit Criminal Docs In Antitrust MDL

A California federal judge overseeing multidistrict price-fixing litigation against lithium-ion battery manufacturers on Friday ordered Panasonic Corp. to hand over documents used in a separate grand jury investigation that led Panasonic subsidiary Sanyo Electronics Co. Ltd. to plead guilty to antitrust charges and pay $10.7 million.
October 17, 2013
Sony, Others Belong In Battery Price-Fixing Suit, Court Told

Purchaser plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation accusing Sony Corp. and a slew of electronics companies of conspiring to fix the prices of cylindrical lithium-ion batteries urged a California federal judge not to dismiss defendants from the case, saying the complaints are sufficiently pled to go forward.
September 17, 2013
Battery Price-Fixing Conspiracy 'Implausible,' Sony Says

Sony Corp. asked a California federal judge Monday to toss the antitrust claims against it in multidistrict litigation alleging the company was involved in a scheme to fix the prices of lithium ion batteries, saying the direct and indirect purchasers' suits presented a far-fetched conspiracy backed up by scant evidence.

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