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In Re TFT-LCD (Flat Panel) Antitrust Litigation

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Case Number:

3:07-md-01827

Court:

California Northern

Nature of Suit:

Anti-Trust

Multi Party Litigation:

Multi-district Litigation

Judge:

Susan Illston

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  1. June 20, 2014

    LCD Maker To Fight Best Buy's $1.8M Fee Award In 9th Circ.

    HannStar Display Corp. said Thursday it will challenge a California federal judge's decision to award Best Buy Co. Inc. $1.8 million in legal fees and costs stemming from last year's liquid crystal display antitrust trial, asserting that hefty settlements previously struck in the case should have offset the award.

  2. June 16, 2014

    LFG Seeks Increase To Escrowed Funds In Alioto Fee Fight

    LFG National Capital LLC asked a California federal court on Monday to increase the escrowed amount of attorneys' fees allegedly owed to it by Joseph M. Alioto's law firm to $31 million, claiming the funds might soon evaporate because appeals over the case's indirect purchaser settlement have been dropped.

  3. June 11, 2014

    LCD Makers Want Antitrust Damages Limited To Named Parties

    LG Display Co. and a host of electronics manufacturers accused of fixing prices for liquid crystal display panels told the California federal judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation on Tuesday to nix damages claims made by retailers against any alleged co-conspirators not named during discovery.

  4. June 06, 2014

    Best Buy To Fight $16M Fee Reduction In LCD Antitrust Case

    Best Buy Co. Inc. is calling on the Ninth Circuit to reverse a California federal judge's order that slashed the company's request for legal fees and costs stemming from its victory over Hannstar Display Corp. in a liquid crystal display price-fixing trial by nearly $16 million, according to Thursday court filings.

  5. June 03, 2014

    LCD Makers Tell MDL Judge To Limit Office Depot's Damages

    AU Optronics Corp. and a host of electronics manufacturers accused of fixing prices for liquid crystal display panels on Monday told the California federal judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation that any damages recovered by Office Depot Inc. and three other indirect purchasers should not include amounts they passed on to customers.

  6. May 30, 2014

    Office Depot, Others Fight Dismissal Bid In LCD MDL

    Office Depot Inc. and other retailers told a California district court Thursday that a group of liquid crystal display makers were retreading the same "flawed" arguments that the plaintiffs bought finished products, rather than LCD panels, to try to get antitrust claims dismissed.

  7. May 22, 2014

    Epson, Chunghwa Shed TracFone Claims In LCD Antitrust MDL

    TracFone Wireless Inc. has agreed to drop claims against Epson Imaging Devices Corp. and Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd. in multidistrict litigation over LCD price-fixing, according to documents filed in California federal court Wednesday, while Circuit City Stores Inc.'s bankruptcy trustee dropped claims against Toshiba Corp. on Thursday. 

  8. May 12, 2014

    Best Buy's $18M Fee Request Slashed In LCD Antitrust Case

    A California federal judge on Monday rejected Best Buy Co. Inc.'s attempts to avoid a nearly $16 million reduction in attorneys' fees and costs after winning its LCD price-fixing suit against Hannstar Display Corp., ruling Best Buy's failure to collect damages made its $18 million request unreasonable.

  9. May 07, 2014

    Home Depot Says It Can Pursue LCD Antitrust Claim

    Home Depot USA Inc. argued to a California federal judge on Tuesday that it could pursue an antitrust claim against AU Optronics Corp. in multidistrict litigation alleging a price-fixing plot involving liquid crystal display products, saying its claim wasn't barred by a four-year statute of limitations.

  10. May 02, 2014

    Best Buy Drops LCD Antitrust Claims Against AU Optronics

    Best Buy Co. Inc. on Thursday dropped its claims that AU Optronics Corp. was part of a price-fixing plot involving liquid crystal display panels, putting the electronics retailer among a handful of plaintiffs that have dropped their cases against the LCD maker in sprawling multidistrict litigation in California federal court.