July 16, 2018
Two Mitsubishi units are settling out of another piece of a sprawling antitrust multidistrict litigation accusing auto parts manufacturers of a price-fixing conspiracy, with a class of car buyers and drivers moving for preliminary approval Friday of their $6.84 million deal in Michigan federal court.
March 07, 2018
A Michigan federal judge on Tuesday granted preliminary approval of a $7.6 million settlement between Sanden Automotive Components Corp. and car drivers in a sprawling multidistrict litigation over alleged price-fixing for auto parts.
February 28, 2018
A Michigan federal judge on Tuesday preliminarily approved an $11.12 million settlement between Japanese auto parts maker Calsonic Kansei Corp. and car parts buyers, potentially closing off one part of a broader auto parts multidistrict litigation.
February 15, 2018
A proposed class of car buyers said Thursday they have reached an $11 million settlement of their claims in multidistrict litigation that Japanese auto parts maker Calsonic Kansei Corp. was part of a conspiracy to fix prices for vehicle air conditioning systems.
January 25, 2018
A federal judge in Michigan on Thursday granted preliminary approval to a nearly $1.5 million proposed settlement releasing German manufacturer Mahle Behr from claims that it was part of a conspiracy to fix prices for vehicle air conditioning systems, ruling that the deal between the company and a proposed class of U.S. car buyers is "fair, reasonable and adequate."
January 17, 2018
A Michigan federal judge ruled Tuesday that Panasonic Corp. cannot escape auto dealer and consumer claims that it participated in a conspiracy to fix prices for vehicle air conditioning systems, but trimmed a pair of claims brought under Florida and South Dakota state laws.
June 06, 2017
Panasonic Corp. and a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. unit on Monday separately moved to toss auto dealer and consumer claims that they participated in a conspiracy to fix prices for automobile air conditioning system components, telling a Michigan federal court that the proposed classes haven't sufficiently tied them to the alleged scheme.
September 28, 2016
Four more settlements were approved Wednesday in sprawling multidistrict litigation over auto parts price-fixing, with Aisin Seiki Co. set to pay $18.6 million, Sumitomo Riko Co. settling for $11.4 million, Schaeffler Group USA Inc. agreeing to pay $7.6 million and Valeo Inc. paying $6.6 million.