Nokia’s LCD lawsuit to proceed in UK

Monday, 26 March 2012

Nokia is suing LCD makers for damages
Nokia can proceed in its UK antitrust lawsuit against several liquid crystal display (LCD) makers, a High Court judge has ruled, dismissing Samsung and Hitachi’s bid to stop it on procedural grounds.

Execs plead guilty in DoJ disk drive probe

Thursday, 15 December 2011

DoJ
Three executives from Korean-based Hitachi-LG Data Storage have pleaded guilty to participating in a cartel in the optical disk drive market, the US Department of Justice’s antitrust division has announced.

Western Digital/Hitachi gets DG Comp go ahead despite rival merger

Wednesday, 23 November 2011

Western Digital announced its merger in March
The European Commission today cleared US technology company Western Digital’s US$4.3 billion acquisition of Hitachi’s hard disk drive business, with commitments.

Ninth Circuit sends LCD lawsuits back to state court

Tuesday, 04 October 2011

Back to state court for LCD suit
A US appeals court has ruled that lawsuits filed by state attorneys general on behalf of residents are not the same as class actions and should be tried on the state level, rather than in federal courtrooms.

DoJ penalises Hitachi-LG JV

Monday, 03 October 2011

CD readers are optical disk drives, subject of DoJ investigation
Electronics company Hitachi-LG Data Storage has admitted to rigging bids and fixing prices in the US market for optical disk drives.

Japan LCD makers to join forces

Thursday, 01 September 2011

Sony, Hitachi and Toshiba team up
Three of Japan’s largest electronics companies – Sony, Hitachi and Toshiba – are forming a joint venture to combine their small and medium liquid crystal display (LCD) businesses.

Brazil launches DRAM cartel probe

Premium Article - Thursday, 24 June 2010

Brazil’s Secretariat for Economic Law (SDE) has begun an investigation into an alleged DRAM memory chip cartel.

Slovakia cuts GIS cartel fine

Premium Article - Tuesday, 06 October 2009

Slovakia’s Antimonopoly Office has reduced fines against 16 makers of gas-isolated switchgears for alleged cartel activity.

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