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IN RE CAPACITORS ANTITRUST LITIGATION

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Case overview

Case Number:

3:14-cv-03264

Court:

California Northern

Nature of Suit:

Anti-Trust

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

James Donato

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  1. September 07, 2017

    Capacitor Buyers Seek Class Cert. In Antitrust Dispute

    A putative class of direct-purchaser companies that claim they overpaid for capacitors because of an antitrust scheme among Panasonic Corp., Shizuki Electric Co. and other manufacturers defended their expert's report, saying its methodology was valid and that it proved the widespread economic impact they needed to win class certification.

  2. January 10, 2017

    Japanese Co. Wants Early Exit From Capacitor Antitrust MDL

    Japan-based Soshin Electric Co. Ltd. asked a California federal court to grant it and a U.S. affiliate summary judgment in multidistrict litigation over an alleged conspiracy to fix prices for electrical capacitors, saying it did not sell the components in the U.S.

  3. September 28, 2016

    Electronic Parts Cos. To Pay $32.6M To End Antitrust MDL

    Five Japanese manufacturers of circuit board components known as electrolytic capacitors will pay $32.6 million to direct purchasers to resolve multidistrict litigation over an alleged conspiracy to fix prices for the components, according to documents filed Tuesday in California federal court.

  4. October 02, 2015

    Capacitor Cos. Want Foreign Sales Price-Fixing Claims Nixed

    Capacitor manufacturers accused in multidistrict litigation of participating in a price-fixing scheme told a California federal court Thursday to toss various purchasers' claims related to certain overseas sales, saying the Foreign Trade Antitrust Improvements Act bars them.

  5. September 02, 2015

    NEC Tokin To Pay $13.8M In First DOJ Capacitor Cartel Fine

    NEC Tokin Corp. has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $13.8 million criminal fine for being part of a group of capacitor manufacturers that for more than a decade conspired to fix prices for electrolytic capacitors, the U.S. Department of Justice said on Wednesday.

  6. August 19, 2015

    Capacitor Makers Can't Dodge Price-Fixing Suit, Buyers Say

    A putative class of consumers and businesses accusing capacitor manufacturers in California federal court of scheming to fix prices has knocked the manufacturers' claims that they lack standing to sue under state law, saying they have provided enough evidence that they were hurt by high prices.

  7. June 12, 2015

    Nippon Chemi-Con Can't Slip Capacitor Price-Fixing Suit

    A California federal judge on Thursday denied Nippon Chemi-Con Corp.'s bid to escape a consolidated putative class action alleging that capacitor manufacturers conspired to drive up prices, ruling that the Japanese capacitor maker shipped capacitors directly to U.S. customers and thus falls under the court's jurisdiction.

  8. May 27, 2015

    Panasonic, Others Can't Ditch Capacitor Price-Fixing Suit

    A California federal judge on Wednesday appeared ready to deny Nippon Chemi-Con Corp.'s bid to escape a consolidated case alleging a capacitor price-fixing scheme, the day after he largely upheld direct and indirect purchasers' suit against Panasonic Corp. and its purported conspirators.

  9. November 03, 2014

    Saveri Firm Named Buyers' Lead Counsel In Capacitor Case

    The California federal judge overseeing a consolidated case over an alleged capacitor price-fixing scheme on Friday tapped Joseph Saveri Law Firm Inc. to act as interim lead counsel for direct purchasers and Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy LLP to represent indirect purchasers.

  10. October 27, 2014

    Buyers Fight Over Lead Attys In Capacitor Antitrust Case

    In Home Tech Solutions Inc. fired back at other direct purchasers Monday in a dispute about interim class counsel in a case over an alleged capacitor price-fixing scheme, arguing that Pearson Simon & Warshaw LLP and Lockridge Grindal Nauen PLLP are "uniquely qualified" to lead the litigation.

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