April 28, 2026
A California federal judge largely refused to let telescope companies and current and former executives duck price-fixing claims from distributors and enthusiasts, letting just one former CEO out while concluding enough allegations remain for the certified class action to take the rest to trial.
March 11, 2025
A California federal judge on Monday certified a class of telescope buyers in an antitrust lawsuit saying a syndicate of manufacturers were price-fixing and scheming to monopolize the telescope market, accepting an expert opinion's methods for calculating classwide antitrust damages.