Antitrust Law Daily Wrap Up, ANTITRUST—N.D. Cal.: Target, cathode ray tube manufacturers agree to dismiss state law claims, (Dec 1, 2014)
Law Firms Mentioned:Baker Botts LLP | Crowell & Moring LLP | Faegre Baker Daniels LLP | Freshfields Bruckhaus & Deringer US, LLP | Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP | Jenner & Block LLP | Kirkland & Ellis LLP | Malaysia | Malaysia | Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP | Squire Sanders LLP | Taiwan | USA | Winston & Strawn LLP
Organizations Mentioned:., Hitachi Displays, Ltd. | Beijing Matsushita Color CRT Co., Ltd. | Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd. | Crowell & Moring, LLP | Faegre Baker Daniels, LLP | Gibson Dunn | Jenner & Block, LLP | Kirkland & Ellis, LLP | Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. | LG Electronics, Inc. | Mitsubishi Electric Corporation | Panasonic Corporation | Samsung SDI America | Target Corporation | Technicolor SA | Technologies Displays Americas LLC | Toshiba Corporation | White & Case, LLP
By Jody Coultas, J.D.
Target Corporation and the defendants in an ongoing antitrust suit regarding cathode ray tubes stipulated and agreed that state antitrust and consumer protection law claims would be dismissed with prejudice, according to the federal district court in San Francisco (In re Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) Antitrust Litigation, November 24, 2014, Conti, S.).
Target asserted claims for relief against cathode ray tube manufacturers under the Sherman Act; the Arizona, California, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, and Wisconsin antitrust statutes; and the California Unfair Competition Law.
All parties agreed to bear their own costs and fees with respect to the dismissed claims. The dismissal did not apply to the Sherman Act claim.
The case is Master File No. 3:07-cv-05944-SC.
Attorneys: Jason C. Murray (Crowell & Moring LLP) for Target Corporation. Joel Steven Sanders (Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP) for Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd. and Chunghwa Picture Tubes (Malaysia). Jeffrey L. Kessler (Winston & Strawn LLP) for Panasonic Corporation, Panasonic Corporation of North America, and MT Picture Display Co., Ltd. Hojoon Hwang (Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP) for LG Electronics, Inc. and LG Electronics USA, Inc. Mark C. Dosker (Squire Sanders LLP) for Technologies Displays Americas LLC and Videocon Industries, Ltd. John Taladay (Baker Botts LLP) for Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Philips Electronics North America Corporation, Philips Electronics Industries (Taiwan), Ltd., and Philips da Amazonia Industria Electronica Ltda. Richard Snyder (Freshfields Bruckhaus & Deringer US, LLP) for Beijing Matsushita Color CRT Co., Ltd. Lucius B. Lau (White & Case, LLP) for Toshiba Corporation, Toshiba America, Inc., Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., Toshiba America Consumer Products, L.L.C., and Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. Eliot A. Adelson (Kirkland & Ellis LLP) for Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Hitachi Asia, Ltd., Hitachi America, Ltd., and Hitachi Electronic Devices (USA), Inc. James L. McGinnis (Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP) for Samsung SDI America, Inc., Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Samsung SDI Mexico S.A. de C.V., Samsung SDI Brasil Ltda., Shenzhen Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Tianjin Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., and Samsung SDI (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. Terrence J. Truax (Jenner & Block LLP) for Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA, Inc. and Mitsubishi Electric Visual Solutions America, Inc. Kathy Osborn (Faegre Baker Daniels LLP) for Technicolor SA and Technicolor USA, Inc.
Companies: Target Corporation; Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.; Panasonic Corporation; LG Electronics, Inc.; Technologies Displays Americas LLC; Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.; Beijing Matsushita Color CRT Co., Ltd.; Toshiba Corporation; ., Hitachi Displays, Ltd.; Samsung SDI America; Mitsubishi Electric Corporation; Technicolor SA
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