Flextronics International USA, Inc. v. Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. et al

  1. December 19, 2023

    Flextronics, Panasonic End Antitrust Row Revived At 9th Circ.

    A California federal judge on Monday allowed Flextronics International USA and Panasonic to end their antitrust fight following the Ninth Circuit's July order reviving Flextronics' allegations that Panasonic and other Japanese electronics companies fixed the prices of electrical inductors.

  2. February 04, 2022

    Panasonic Permanently Beats Buyers' Inductor Price-Fix Suits

    A California federal judge on Thursday permanently tossed putative class actions accusing Japanese electronics companies of price-fixing electrical inductors for more than a decade, finding that the putative class of direct purchasers had not sufficiently pled that Panasonic and alleged co-conspirators plotted to fix the price of the component.

  3. September 01, 2020

    Japanese Electronics Cos. Dodge Antitrust Suit

    Japanese electronics suppliers on Monday escaped a U.S. electronic company's claims they formed a cartel to fix and stabilize prices for a common electronic component after a California federal judge ruled the company failed to prove a broader anti-competitive conspiracy existed.

  4. May 07, 2020

    Japanese Electronics Suppliers Want Out Of Antitrust Suit

    Japanese electronics suppliers that have been accused of fixing the price of a common electronics component are asking a California court to toss the allegations, saying the claims are implausible or must be resolved in arbitration.

  5. March 25, 2020

    US Co. Says Electronics Antitrust Suit Must Be Litigated

    A U.S. electronics manufacturer is urging a California federal court not to force it to arbitrate part of its lawsuit accusing Japanese suppliers of fixing the price of a common electronics component, calling the bid by Tokin Corp. "a transparent effort to avoid U.S. antitrust law."

  6. February 20, 2020

    Japan Electronics Co. Says Price-Fix Suit Must Be Arbitrated

    A Japanese electrical manufacturing company has urged a California federal court to force Flextronics International USA Inc. to arbitrate in Hong Kong its suit over an alleged price-fixing scheme related to inductors, an electrical component often used in radios.