Lithium Ion Battery Products Direct Purchaser Settlement
4:13-md-02420 US District Court, Northern California Oakland Division
Overview
Plaintiffs allege that the Defendants (see below) conspired to fix, raise and maintain prices of Lithium Ion Battery Products sold in the United States. Lithium Ion Batteries are cylindrical, prismatic, or polymer batteries that are rechargeable and use lithium ion technology. Lithium ion batteries are found in laptop, notebook and tablet computers, cellular phones, smart phones, digital audio players, digital cameras and camcorders, mobile wireless handsets, power tools and other consumer electronics.
Class
All persons and entities who, between January 1, 2000 and May 31, 2011, purchased Lithium Ion Batteries or products containing Lithium Ion Batteries directly from one or more Defendants, their divisions, subsidiaries or affiliates. Eligible class members include those who purchased lithium ion batteries, products containing lithium ion batteries, and the replacement batteries for these products.
Defendants
- LG Chem, Ltd.
- LG Chem America, Inc.
- Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
- Samsung SDI America, Inc.
- Panasonic Corporation
- Panasonic Corporation of North America
- Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
- Sanyo GS Soft Energy Co., Ltd.
- Sanyo North America Corporation
- GS Yuasa Corporation
- Sony Corporation
- Sony Energy Devices Corporation
- Sony Electronics, Inc.
- Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.
- Maxell Corporation of America
- NEC Corporation
- NEC Tokin Corporation
- Toshiba Corporation
- Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc.
Settlements |
$19,000,000 |
|---|---|
| Sony Corporation | $19,000,000 |
Filing Deadline: Contact SRG
Settlement Recovery Group, LLC (“SRG”) is not the official claims administrator, class counsel or any party in the case. SRG is a third party claims filing service that can be hired to file and track claims. We specialize in helping companies and small businesses file claims to obtain their fair share of settlement money from class action lawsuits once a settlement has been reached. Our services are voluntary and are not required to file a claim; claimants may file a no-cost claim on their own. This summary is for informational purposes only and is based on SRG’s review of publicly available case documents. Official information can be found on the case website and on the court docket. This summary is not and should not be construed as legal, tax, or other professional advice.
Lithium Ion Battery Products Indirect Purchaser Settlement
4:13-md-02420 US District Court, Northern California Oakland Division
Overview
Plaintiffs allege that the Defendants (see below) conspired to fix, raise and maintain prices of Lithium Ion Battery Products sold in the United States. Lithium Ion Batteries are cylindrical, prismatic, or polymer batteries that are rechargeable and use lithium ion technology. Lithium ion batteries are found in laptop, notebook and tablet computers, cellular phones, smart phones, digital audio players, digital cameras and camcorders, mobile wireless handsets, power tools and other consumer electronics.
Class
All persons who, between January 1, 2000 and May 31, 2011, purchased Lithium Ion Batteries or products containing Lithium Ion Batteries manufactured by a Defendant, in the United States for their own use and not for resale from an entity (such as a distributor, retailer or reseller) other than a Defendant or alleged co-conspirator. Excluded from this Class are the MDL Defendants, their parents, subsidiaries and affiliates.
Defendants
- LG Chem, Ltd.
- LG Chem America, Inc.
- Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
- Samsung SDI America, Inc.
- Panasonic Corporation
- Panasonic Corporation of North America
- Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
- Sanyo GS Soft Energy Co., Ltd.
- Sanyo North America Corporation
- GS Yuasa Corporation
- Sony Corporation
- Sony Energy Devices Corporation
- Sony Electronics, Inc.
- Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.
- Maxell Corporation of America
- NEC Corporation
- NEC Tokin Corporation
- Toshiba Corporation
- Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc.
Settlements |
$64,450,000 |
|---|---|
| Sony Corporation | $19,500,000 |
| LG Chem | $39,000,000 |
| Hitachi Maxell Ltd | $3,450,000 |
| NEC Corp | $2,500,000 |
Filing Deadline: Contact SRG
Settlement Recovery Group, LLC (“SRG”) is not the official claims administrator, class counsel or any party in the case. SRG is a third party claims filing service that can be hired to file and track claims. We specialize in helping companies and small businesses file claims to obtain their fair share of settlement money from class action lawsuits once a settlement has been reached. Our services are voluntary and are not required to file a claim; claimants may file a no-cost claim on their own. This summary is for informational purposes only and is based on SRG’s review of publicly available case documents. Official information can be found on the case website and on the court docket. This summary is not and should not be construed as legal, tax, or other professional advice.
ODD Products Direct Purchaser Settlement
3:10-md-02143 US District Court, Northern District of California
Overview
Plaintiffs claim that Defendants and co-conspirators unlawfully conspired to fix, raise, maintain or stabilize the prices of ODDs. Plaintiffs claim that direct purchasers from the Defendants of computers, video game consoles, CD players/recorders, DVD players/recorders, and Blu-Ray players/recorders that contain ODDs may recover for the effect that the ODD conspiracy had on the prices of ODD Devices. Plaintiffs claim that the conspiracy required direct purchasers to pay more for ODDs and ODD Devices.
What are ODDs?
“Optical Disk Drives” or “ODDs” are any device which reads and/or writes data from and to an optical disk including, but not limited to, CD-ROMS, CD-recordable/rewritable, DVD-ROM,
DVD-recordable/rewritable, Blu-Ray Blu-Ray recordable/rewritable, HD-DVD, Super
Multi-Drives and other combination drives, and optical disk drives designed to be attached extemally to computers or other devices. “Optical Disk Drive Devices” or “ODD Devices” are devices incorporating ODDs including but not limited to desktop computers, mobile/laptop computers, videogame consoles, CD players/recorders, DVD players/recorders, and Blu-Ray disc players/recorders.
Class
Individuals and entities who, during the period from January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2011 (the “Class Period”), purchased Optical Disk Drives and Optical Disk Drive Devices in the United States directly from the Defendants, their subsidiaries, or their affiliates. Excluded from the Class are defendants and their parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, and government entities.
Defendants
- Sony Corporation
- Sony Optiarc Inc.
- NEC Corporation
- Sony NEC Optiarc Inc.
- Sony Optiarc America Inc.
- Sony Computer Entertainment America, Inc.
- Sony Electronics, Inc.
- LG Electronics Inc.
- LG Electronics USA, Inc.
- Hitachi, Ltd.
- Hitachi-LG Data Storage, Inc.
- Hitachi-LG Data Storage Korea, Inc.
- Toshiba Corporation
- Toshiba America lnformation Systems, Inc.
- Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
- Samsung Electronics America, lnc.
- Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Cotp.
- Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Corp. Korea
- Lite-On IT Corp. of Taiwan
- Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
- Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions Corp.
- Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions USA, Inc.
- BenQ Corporation
- BenQ America Corporation
- TEAC Corporation
- TEAC America, lnc.
- Quanta Storage, Inc.
- Quanta Storage America, Inc.
- Panasonic Corporation
- Panasonic Corporation of North America
Settlements |
$74,900,000 |
|---|---|
| Hitachi LD Data Storage | $26,000,000 |
| Panasonic Corporation | $5,750,000 |
| NEC Corporation | $6,150,000 |
| Philips LDS | $15,000,000 |
| TSST | $9,200,000 |
| Sony | $6,000,000 |
| BenQ | $875,000 |
| TEAC | $1,325,000 |
| QSI | $400,000 |
| Pioneer | $4,200,000 |
Filing Deadline: Contact SRG
Settlement Recovery Group, LLC (“SRG”) is not the official claims administrator, class counsel or any party in the case. SRG is a third party claims filing service that can be hired to file and track claims. We specialize in helping companies and small businesses file claims to obtain their fair share of settlement money from class action lawsuits once a settlement has been reached. Our services are voluntary and are not required to file a claim; claimants may file a no-cost claim on their own. This summary is for informational purposes only and is based on SRG’s review of publicly available case documents. Official information can be found on the case website and on the court docket. This summary is not and should not be construed as legal, tax, or other professional advice.
SRAM Direct Purchaser Antitrust Settlement
4:07-md-01819 US District Court, Northern District of California
Overview
This is a class action lawsuit that alleges violations of federal antitrust laws in connection with the sale of SRAM. Plaintiff claims that Defendants conspired to fix, raise, maintain or stabilize prices of SRAM. Plaintiff alleges that this conspiracy resulted in customers who purchased SRAM being overcharged. Plaintiff filed the lawsuit on behalf of itself, and on behalf of the class of customers who purchased SRAM in the United States directly from one or more of the Defendants or their subsidiaries or affiliates. Defendants have denied any liability and all allegations of misconduct.
What is SRAM?
SRAMs are memory chips used in a variety of applications, including consumer electronics products, such as cell phones, and computing products, such as workstations. For purposes of this lawsuit, SRAM includes high-speed or fast SRAM, low-power or slow SRAM, synchronous SRAM, asynchronous SRAM, and pseudoSRAM (“PSRAM”). Custom SRAM is not included in the class.
Class
The class includes all persons and entities who, during the period November 1, 1996 through December 31, 2005, purchased non-custom SRAM in the United States directly from Defendants or any subsidiaries or affiliates thereof. Excluded from the class are Defendants, their parent companies, subsidiaries and affiliates, any co-conspirators, and all government entities.
Defendants
- Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
- Etron Technology, Inc.
- Etron Technology America, Inc.
- Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
- Hynix Semiconductor America Inc.
- Micron Technology, Inc.
- Micron Semiconductor Products, Inc.
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA, Inc.
- NEC Electronics Corporation
- NEC Electronics America, Inc.
- Renesas Technology Corp.
- Renesas Technology America, Inc.
- Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd.
- Samsung Electronics America Inc.
- Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.
- Toshiba Corporation
- Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc.
Settlements |
$76,872,476.99 |
|---|---|
| Etron, Hynix, ISSI, Micron, NEC, Renesas-Hitachi-Mitsubishi, Toshiba | $37,372,476.99 |
| Cypress, Samsung | $39,500,000.00 |
Filing Deadline: Contact SRG
Settlement Recovery Group, LLC (“SRG”) is not the official claims administrator, class counsel or any party in the case. SRG is a third party claims filing service that can be hired to file and track claims. We specialize in helping companies and small businesses file claims to obtain their fair share of settlement money from class action lawsuits once a settlement has been reached. Our services are voluntary and are not required to file a claim; claimants may file a no-cost claim on their own. This summary is for informational purposes only and is based on SRG’s review of publicly available case documents. Official information can be found on the case website and on the court docket. This summary is not and should not be construed as legal, tax, or other professional advice.
SRAM Indirect Purchasers Antitrust Settlement
United States District Court, Northern District of California Oakland Division Case No. 4:07-md-1819 CW MDL No. 1819
Overview
Plaintiffs claim that the Defendants conspired to fix, raise, maintain or stabilize prices of SRAM in violation of antitrust, unfair competition and unjust enrichment laws, resulting in overcharges to customers who indirectly purchased SRAM. Defendants deny that they did anything wrong. The District Court did not decide who is right. Samsung and Cypress (the “Settling Defendants”), have agreed to settle with Plaintiffs; they continue to deny liability, but settled to avoid litigation expense and risk.
What is SRAM?
SRAM means all types of Static Random Access Memory parts and modules as well as pseudostatic random access memory (“PSRAM”). SRAM is used in a variety of product markets, including: (1) the communications market in cell phones and Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) technology; (2) the computer market in servers, mainframes, high-end computer workstations, and personal digital assistants (PDAs) and smart phones; and (3) the networking communications market in routers, switches, proxy and gateway devices, modems, storage area networks and firewalls.
Class
You are a member of the Settlement Class if you indirectly purchased SRAM in the United States from one or more of the Defendants during the period from November 1, 1996 through December 31, 2006 (the “Class Period”). The Settlement Class includes indirect purchasers of SRAM that purchased and resold Defendants’ SRAM (“Resellers”), as well as indirect purchasers of Defendants’ SRAM that purchased it for their own use and not for resale (“End Users”).
Defendants
- Cypress Semiconductor Corporation
- Etron Technology, Inc.
- Etron Technology America, Inc.
- Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
- Hynix Semiconductor America Inc.
- Micron Technology, Inc.
- Micron Semiconductor Products, Inc.
- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA, Inc.
- NEC Electronics Corporation
- NEC Electronics America, Inc.
- Renesas Technology Corp.
- Renesas Technology America, Inc.
- Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd.
- Samsung Electronics America Inc.
- Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.
- Toshiba Corporation
- Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc.
Settlements: $41,322,000.00
Filing Deadline: Contact SRG
Settlement Recovery Group, LLC (“SRG”) is not the official claims administrator, class counsel or any party in the case. SRG is a third party claims filing service that can be hired to file and track claims. We specialize in helping companies and small businesses file claims to obtain their fair share of settlement money from class action lawsuits once a settlement has been reached. Our services are voluntary and are not required to file a claim; claimants may file a no-cost claim on their own. This summary is for informational purposes only and is based on SRG’s review of publicly available case documents. Official information can be found on the case website and on the court docket. This summary is not and should not be construed as legal, tax, or other professional advice.