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MDL No. 1917 In Re: Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) Antitrust Litigation

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Case Number:

3:07-cv-05944

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Court:

California Northern

Nature of Suit:

Anti-Trust

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Jon S. Tigar

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  1. April 19, 2019

    New Settlement Talks Revive CRT Class Leadership Fight

    Law firms are again vying to represent television- and computer-component cathode ray tube buyers pushing for pieces of the pie from potential new price-fixing settlements previously valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars.

  2. April 15, 2019

    Gov't Ownership Doesn't Shield Cos. In CRT Suit, Court Told

    Indirect purchasers of television- and computer-component cathode ray tubes have urged a California federal judge not to toss two Chinese electronics makers from their yearslong price-fixing class action, arguing the companies are not immunized by Chinese government ownership.

  3. November 08, 2018

    CRT Judge Admits Error, Blasts Possible Atty Conflict

    A California federal judge floated the possibility of appointing separate counsel Thursday for a class of indirect cathode ray tubes purchasers, after saying he shouldn't have cleared a $576.8 million bundle of antitrust settlements and admonishing the current attorneys for "a classic indication of a potential conflict of interest."

  4. October 23, 2018

    CRT Purchasers Defend $6M Carveout For Excluded Buyers

    A class of indirect purchasers of cathode ray tubes defended its bid to award $6 million of a $577 million bundle of antitrust settlements to buyers from three states who were excluded, saying Monday that the objectors' attempts to claim more money are based on an unrealistic analysis.

  5. October 17, 2018

    Left-Out CRT Buyers Blast 'Paltry' $6M Fee-Share Proposal

    Carving $6 million from a massive attorneys' fees award isn't enough to overcome the fundamental failure to represent indirect buyers of cathode ray tubes from three states originally excluded from a $576.8 million bundle of antitrust settlements, buyers from the excluded states told a California federal judge Tuesday.

  6. October 04, 2018

    Chinese Electronics Co. Fights Doc Demand In CRT Suit

    A Chinese electronics maker objected Wednesday to a California special master's order to turn over details about sales of cathode ray tubes as part of a yearslong price-fixing suit, saying the evidence demands go too far.

  7. October 03, 2018

    CRT Indirect Buyers Seek Fee-Share After 9th Circ. Pushback

    Indirect buyers of cathode ray tubes from three states originally excluded — allegedly inappropriately by class counsel — from a $576.8 million bundle of antitrust settlements with technology giants such as Philips and Panasonic may get a cut after all, following pushback from a Ninth Circuit panel in April.

  8. July 19, 2018

    Chinese Co. Says It's Immune From Cathode Ray MDL

    Irico Group and a subsidiary on Wednesday asked a California federal court to dismiss them from long-running litigation that claims they participated in a conspiracy to fix prices for cathode ray tubes, saying they should be granted sovereign immunity because they are controlled by the Chinese state.

  9. May 04, 2018

    Toshiba Dropped From Cathode Ray Tube Price-Fixing MDL

    Marta Cooperative of America Inc. on Friday dropped allegations that Toshiba Corp. conspired to fix prices for cathode ray tubes, while maintaining its claims against other companies in multidistrict litigation over alleged violations of federal antitrust laws.

  10. February 15, 2018

    Mitsubishi Inks $33M Deal In Sprawling Cathode-Ray MDL

    Mitsubishi Electric Corp. on Wednesday settled with a class of indirect buyers of cathode ray tubes for $33 million in California federal court, bringing total settlements in multidistrict litigation over an alleged price-fixing conspiracy involving electronics companies to $820 million.