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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. August 29, 2013

    Best Buy Tells Jury It's Owed $770M For LCD Price-Fixing

    Best Buy Co. told a California federal jury Thursday that Toshiba Corp. and HannStar Display Corp. owe it up to $770 million for fixing prices of liquid crystal displays it purchased and resold, at the close of a six-week trial that is part of a sweeping multidistrict litigation.

  2. August 21, 2013

    Toshiba Says Best Buy Can't Prove Price-Fixing Conspiracy

    Toshiba Corp. on Tuesday roundly rejected efforts by Best Buy Co. Inc. to prove that the Japanese tech giant took part in a massive conspiracy to fix prices on liquid crystal display panels beginning in 1998, telling the California federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation that testimony from Best Buy's own witnesses does not support the claim.

  3. August 16, 2013

    Proview Lacks Standing In LCD Antitrust MDL, Chi Mei Says

    Chi Mei Corp. urged a California federal judge Friday to dismiss Proview Technology Inc.'s claims in multidistrict litigation alleging the company violated state and federal antitrust laws by selling price-fixed LCD panels, arguing that PTI lacks standing and waited too long to sue.

  4. August 16, 2013

    T-Mobile, Philips Reach Accord In LCD Price-Fixing MDL

    T-Mobile U.S.A. Inc. on Thursday told a California federal judge that it and Koninklijke Philips NV's North American unit have agreed to end their dispute in the massive multidistrict litigation alleging Philips fixed prices on liquid crystal display panels.

  5. August 14, 2013

    Toshiba Unit CEO Says He Never Heard of LCD 'Panel Cartel'

    The CEO of a Toshiba Corp. unit that sells laptops in the Americas never heard anyone mention a liquid crystal display panel price-fixing cartel, the executive testified Wednesday in a multidistrict trial over whether Toshiba and HannStar Display Corp. sold to Best Buy Corp. products containing LCDs secretly price-fixed in Taiwan.

  6. August 13, 2013

    T-Mobile Drops LCD Antitrust Claims Against Samsung, Others

    T-Mobile USA Inc. on Monday dropped its antitrust claims against Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and other manufacturers in multidistrict litigation in California federal court alleging the companies fixed prices for liquid crystal display panels.

  7. July 25, 2013

    Sony Settlement Docs Ruled Fair Game In LCD Cartel Suit

    A California federal judge on Wednesday ordered HannStar Display Corp. to produce documents related to a settlement agreement it reached with two Sony units in multidistrict litigation over the alleged price-fixing of liquid crystal display panels, overruling HannStar's objections that the records were confidential.

  8. July 23, 2013

    Massive LCD Cartel Cost Best Buy $800M, Jury Hears

    Toshiba Corp. and HannStar Display Corp. colluded with other Asian manufacturers to fix prices on liquid crystal display panels in products sold to Best Buy Corp., costing the retailer nearly $800 million, Best Buy's lawyers told a federal jury during opening statements in the massive multidistrict price-fixing trial Tuesday.

  9. July 22, 2013

    Kodak, LG Strike Deals On Eve Of LCD Antitrust Trial

    Liquid-crystal display maker LG Display Co. Ltd. struck a last-minute deal with Best Buy Co., and LCD-buyer Eastman Kodak Co. settled claims with manufacturer Toshiba Corp., the companies announced Monday as jury selection began in the long-running multidistrict litigation over price-fixing in the LCD market.

  10. July 19, 2013

    Target Settles LCD MDL As Best Buy, Kodak Head To Trial

    Target Corp. and other major retailers settled their remaining price-fixing claims Thursday against several electronics makers in the liquid crystal display multidistrict litigation, leaving only Best Buy Co. Inc. and Eastman Kodak Co. to go to trial against Toshiba Corp. and others as the first wave of opt-out cases head to court Monday.