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

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Case Number:

4:07-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. June 14, 2024

    Electronics Cos. Fight 'Drastic' $2B Price-Fixing Default

    Irico Group and a subsidiary on Thursday opposed a special masters report recommending the Chinese electronics companies should be on the hook for over $2 billion in default judgment in litigation alleging they participated in a cathode ray tube price-fixing conspiracy, telling a California federal court the remedy is "drastic" and unwarranted.

  2. May 16, 2024

    $2B Default Recommended For Making Fair Trial 'Impossible'

    Years of lies should put a pair of Chinese electronics companies on the hook for over $2 billion in default judgment, a special master told a California federal judge, adding that their yearslong no-show and disregard of U.S. counsel advice to retain documents have rendered a fair trial "impossible."

  3. May 26, 2023

    Attys Sanctioned For 'Reckless' Inclusion Of LG In CRT Case

    Two attorneys have been slapped with sanctions after a California federal judge said they dropped the ball by naming LG Electronics in a cathode ray tube price-fixing suit when it had already settled and then failing to drop it as a defendant for weeks after being informed of the mistake.

  4. August 19, 2022

    Mitsubishi Cuts $33M Deal To End Price-Fixing Fight

    Consumers asked a California federal judge Thursday to preliminarily approve Mitsubishi Electric Corp.'s $33 million deal to resolve certified class claims in yearsold antitrust multidistrict litigation alleging that the Japanese company and others conspired to fix the prices of cathode ray tubes, which were found in televisions and computer monitors.

  5. August 03, 2022

    Cathode Ray Tube Buyers Get Class Cert. In Price-Fixing MDL

    A California judge has granted certification to a class of direct purchasers who bought cathode ray tubes from the China-based company Irico and a handful of other companies accused of fixing prices.

  6. February 01, 2022

    No-Show Puerto Rico's Cathode Ray Tube Claims Tossed

    Puerto Rico lost its chance to go after Samsung and a handful of other companies for conspiring to fix the price of cathode ray tubes after a California federal judge tossed its suit with prejudice for being riddled with deficiencies.

  7. August 28, 2020

    Judge Says CRT Buyers Can't Ax $500M Deal In Price-Fix MDL

    A California federal judge has refused to allow two coalitions of indirect buyers of cathode ray tubes to derail the approval of more than $500 million worth of price-fixing settlements, asserting he "has now pointed out more than once" that the objectors were excluded from the settlement class and therefore lacked standing to contest the deals.

  8. July 31, 2020

    CRT Buyers Say Objectors Trying To Derail $521M Deal

    Indirect buyers of cathode ray tubes and the electronics makers who reached roughly $521 million in price-fixing settlements told a California federal judge that two group of objectors are trying to derail the deal to put leverage on the manufacturers.

  9. July 23, 2020

    9th Circ. Lifts Pause On $500M CRT Price-Fixing Settlements

    The Ninth Circuit undid a temporary pause on more than $500 million in cathode ray tube price-fixing settlements Wednesday, as a group of buyers who were cut out of the settlements appealed the lower court's final approval of the deals.

  10. July 15, 2020

    Excluded CRT Buyers Win Emergency Stay From 9th Circ.

    The Ninth Circuit gave cathode ray tube buyers who were cut out of more than $500 million in price-fixing settlements a break Tuesday, pressing pause on the final approval of those deals while it takes a closer look.

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