December 10, 2019
Two Chinese electronics companies blew their chance to appeal or pause an order blocking their exit from a yearslong, multidistrict class action over the price-fixing of television- and computer-component cathode ray tubes, CRT buyers have told a California federal court.
August 05, 2019
Cathode ray tube manufacturers, including Toshiba and Panasonic, urged a federal judge Friday not to formally vacate their $576.8 million price-fixing settlements bundle with consumers, arguing that a bid to nix the deal by purchasers excluded from the settlement is mooted by a new agreement.
August 01, 2019
When class counsel for indirect buyers from 21 states and D.C. struck a new price-fixing settlement with Toshiba, Panasonic and other cathode ray tube manufacturers, they violated "fiduciary duties" to the remaining states excluded from the original deal, attorneys for the omitted buyers told a California federal judge Wednesday.
July 31, 2019
Indirect buyers from 22 states have struck a new price-fixing settlement with Toshiba, Panasonic and other cathode ray tube manufacturers, but Tuesday's filing in California federal court will likely only engender a new round of fighting with states excluded from the deal.
July 22, 2019
It's time to formally vacate a $576.8 million bundle of price-fixing settlements with Toshiba, Panasonic and other cathode ray tube manufacturers, according to indirect CRT buyers initially excluded from the deal who sought Friday to ensure a seat at the new negotiating table.
July 18, 2019
Indirect purchasers of television and computer component cathode ray tubes from nine states, who were excluded from a $576.8 million price-fixing settlement with Toshiba and Panasonic have urged a California federal court to throw out a bid from other buyers seeking two separate trials next year.
July 08, 2019
Samsung, Panasonic and other electronics companies are facing a far larger multidistrict litigation over alleged price-fixing for television- and computer-component cathode ray tubes, after a California federal judge lifted a nine-year-old limit on state law claims and the parties prepare for new settlement talks and perhaps a trial.
May 15, 2019
The U.S. Department of Justice will be able to interject against two Chinese electronics makers' bid to assert sovereign immunity against a yearslong price-fixing multidistrict class action over television- and computer-component cathode ray tubes, after a California federal judge held Wednesday that DOJ participation would be "useful."
May 06, 2019
Samsung, Panasonic and other electronics companies told a California federal court Friday that renewed settlement talks over alleged price-fixing for television- and computer-component cathode ray tubes should be limited to indirect buyers from just three states excluded from a previous $576.8 million bundle of deals.
April 23, 2019
Two Chinese electronics makers trying to duck a yearslong price-fixing class action over television- and computer-component cathode ray tubes are using readings of immunity for foreign government-owned entities that are either "overly broad" or "overly narrow," the U.S. Department of Justice told a California federal judge Tuesday.