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IN RE: LITHIUM ION BATTERIES ANTITRUST LITIGATION
Case Number:
4:13-md-02420
Court:
Nature of Suit:
Multi Party Litigation:
Class Action, Multi-district Litigation
Judge:
Firms
- Akin Gump
- Alston & Bird
- Altshuler Berzon
- Andrus Anderson
- A&O Shearman
- Bailey & Glasser
- Bandas Law Firm
- Barrack Rodos
- Bartko LLP
- Bartko Zankel
- Becnel Law Firm LLC
- Berger Montague
- Berman Tabacco
- Bleichmar Fonti
- Block & Leviton
- BoiesBattin
- Boni Zack
- Bonsignore Trial Lawyers
- Bramson Plutzik
- Breall & Breall
- Broussard and Williamson
- Bryan Cave
- Buchanan Ingersoll
- Cadwalader Wickersham
- Cafferty Clobes
- Carella Byrne
- Carlton Fields
- Cohen Milstein
- Cooley LLP
- Cotchett Pitre
- Crowell & Moring
- Cuneo Gilbert
- Dishman Law
- DLA Piper
- Doyle APC
- Doyle Lowther
- Eimer Stahl
- Emerson Firm
- Emerson Poynter
- Farella Braun
- Faruqi & Faruqi
- Fenwick & West
- Fine Kaplan
- Finkelstein Thompson
- Freed Kanner
- Gibbs Law Group
- Gibson Dunn
- Girard Sharp
- Glancy Prongay
- Goldman Scarlato
- Goodwin Procter
- Grant & Eisenhofer
- Green & Noblin PC
- Greenspoon Marder
- Gross & Belsky
- Gustafson Gluek
- Hadsell Stormer
- Hagens Berman
- Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute
- Hartley LLP
- Hausfeld LLP
- Heins Mills
- Hellmuth & Johnson
- Hunton Andrews
- Joseph Saveri Law Firm
- Kaplan Fox
- Karon LLC
- Keller Grover
- Keller Rohrback
- Kellogg Hansen
- Kenny Nachwalter
- Kirby McInerney
- Korein Tillery
- Krause Kalfayan
- Kuzyk Law
- Labaton Keller
- Lathrop GPM
- Law Office of Roderick P. Bushnell
- Law Offices of Francis O. Scarpulla
- Law Offices of Jon T. King
- Levin Papantonio
- Lewis & Llewellyn
- Lexington Law Group
- L&G Law Group
- Lichten & Liss Riordan
- Lieff Cabraser
- Lite DePalma
- Lockridge Grindal
- Lowey Dannenberg
- Manfred APC
- Messing Adam
- Milberg Coleman
- Miller Shah LLP
- MoginRubin
- Morrison Foerster
- NastLaw
- Nicholas & Tomasevic
- Nussbaum Law Group
- Pearson Warshaw
- Perkins Coie
- Pogust Goodhead
- Polsinelli PC
- Pomerantz LLP
- Pritzker Levine
- Quantum Legal LLC
- Reichman Jorgensen Lehman & Feldberg LLP
- Reich Radcliffe
- Reinhardt Wendorf
- Renne Public Law Group
- Robbins Geller
- Robins Kaplan
- Safirstein Law
- Saltz Mongeluzzi
- Saveri & Saveri
- Schnader Harrison
- Schneider Wallace
- Schubert Jonckheer
- Shaffer Lombardo
- Sheppard Mullin
- Shustak Reynolds
- Sloan Sakai
- Spector Roseman
- Squire Patton
- Steptoe LLP
- Steven Williams Law
- Steyer Lowenthal
- Stoel Rives
- Stranch Jennings
- Sullivan Blackburn
- SulmeyerKupetz
- Susman Godfrey
- Tostrud Law Group
- Trump Alioto
- Tucker Ellis
- Vinson & Elkins
- Weinstein Kitchenoff
- Weitz & Luxenberg
- White & Case
- Wilentz Goldman
- Williams Barber
- Willkie Farr
- WilmerHale
- Winston & Strawn
- Wyatt & Blake
- Zaremba Brown
- Zelle LLP
- Zimmerman Reed
Companies
- Acer Inc.
- Amazon.com Inc.
- Best Buy Co. Inc.
- BlackBerry Ltd.
- Dell Technologies Inc.
- Flex Ltd.
- Hitachi Ltd.
- Kmart Corp.
- LG Chem Ltd.
- Maxell Ltd.
- Microsoft Corp.
- NEC Corp.
- Panasonic Corp.
- Ritz Camera & Image
- Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
- Sears Holdings Corp.
- T-Mobile US Inc.
- Toshiba Corp.
- TracFone Wireless Inc.
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November 16, 2022
9th Circ. Finds No Conflict In $34M Hagens Berman Fee Award
A Ninth Circuit panel refused Wednesday to upend a district court order giving Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP and other firms $33.8 million in fees and another $6.8 million in expenses from over $113 million in lithium-ion battery price-fixing settlements, rejecting objector assertions of a conflict of interest.
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December 11, 2020
Judge Grants $34M In Atty Fees For Battery Price-Fixing MDL
A California federal judge has granted roughly $34 million in fees for class counsel who secured more than $113 million in settlements on behalf of indirect buyers accusing Sony and several others of conspiring to fix the price of lithium-ion batteries.
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May 20, 2020
$34M MDL Fee Bid Needs 'Complete Reanalysis,' Judge Says
A California federal judge told class counsel Wednesday she's going to do a "complete reanalysis" of their renewed bid for $34 million in fees for resolving battery price-fixing claims against Sony and others after the Ninth Circuit vacated her prior approval.
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August 19, 2019
Attys Win $29M Fees In Samsung, Sony Battery Settlement
A California federal judge approved $29 million in attorney fees Friday as part of a $113 million final settlement that resolves claims that Samsung, Sony and others fixed lithium-ion battery prices.
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July 16, 2019
Battery Deals Near OK Over Objections To $34M Atty Fee Ask
A California federal judge said during a hearing Tuesday she intends to approve settlements worth more than $113 million that would resolve indirect buyers' claims alleging Samsung, Sony and others fixed lithium-ion battery prices, over multiple objections to class counsel's $34 million attorney fee request.
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April 25, 2019
Attys Seek $34M From Lithium Battery Price-Fixing Deals
Attorneys who worked out more than $113 million in settlements on behalf of buyers accusing a slew of battery makers of conspiring to fix the price of lithium-ion batteries are asking a California federal judge to allow them to pocket $34 million for their trouble.
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September 04, 2018
Battery MDL Cert. Nixed, Judge Cites 'Dangerous Precedent'
A California federal judge on Friday granted Panasonic and Sanyo's request that she strike a renewed certification bid by a consumer class in multidistrict litigation over the alleged price-fixing of lithium-ion batteries, saying that granting the customers' third attempt would set a "dangerous precedent" and lower the high bar for tampering with MDL case calendars.
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August 16, 2018
Electronics Giants Agree To Settle Battery MDL For $43.5M
Indirect purchasers who allege a slew of battery makers engaged in price-fixing lithium ion batteries told a California federal court on Wednesday that Samsung SDI Co. Ltd., NEC Tokin Corp. and Toshiba Corp. have agreed to settle their multidistrict litigation claims for a total of $43.5 million.
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August 16, 2018
Battery Makers Seek To Dodge Buyer Claims In Antitrust MDL
Panasonic Corp. and Sanyo Electric Co. have asked a California federal court to let them out of indirect purchasers' claims in multidistrict litigation over alleged lithium ion battery price-fixing, arguing that the consumers had provided no evidence that they paid unfairly spiked prices for batteries sold by the companies.
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July 02, 2018
Atty, Sister's Travel Co. Held In Contempt In Battery MDL
An attorney and his client, a company co-owned by his sister that objected to a $139.3 million battery price-fixing class action settlement, were held in contempt of court Monday by a California judge who said they didn't explain why they disobeyed a deposition order.