Samsung, Sharp, Hitachi and others settle LCD panel price fixing consumer class action for $539 million (Engadget)
‘Tis the season for settling antitrust lawsuits, folks. Earlier this month,
Sharp, Samsung, Hitachi and other LCD panel producers settled out their price
fixing lawsuit with direct purchasers (read: TV and computer monitor
manufacturers) for $388 million. So the story goes, the companies colluded to
assure higher prices on LCDs sold between 1999 and 2006. Now, those same seven
companies have settled up with indirect LCD purchasers — aka the folks buying
TVs and PCs — to the tune of $539 million. Samsung, Sharp and Chimei are
dishing out the lion’s share of settlement dollars at $240 million, $115
million and $110 million, respectively, with the other companies kicking in
between $2.8 and $39 million for their (allegedly) anti-competitive ways. Of
course, the settlement isn’t final until it receives the court’s blessing, but
you can see what the judge will likely be rubber-stamping at the source below.
Samsung, Sharp, Hitachi and others settle LCD panel price fixing consumer
class action for $539 million originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 27 Dec
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