bloomberg.com - 10/21/2009
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AT&T Sues LCD Manufacturers Over Price-Fixing Claims (Update1) By Joel Rosenblatt and Chinmei Sung Oct. 21 (Bloomberg) -- AT&T Inc. sued Samsung Electronics Co. , LG Display Co., AU Optronics Corp. and other manufacturers of liquid-crystal displays over claims they colluded to fix prices of ...
techspot.com - 10/21/2009
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AT&T; has reportedly filed suit in San Francisco
today against several major manufacturers of cell phone LCD...
screens, accusing them of a price-fixing conspiracy. The carrier says Samsung, LG, Chunghwa, AU Optronics and others consorted to artificially jack up prices on LCD displays. AT&T; says ...
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AT&T sues Samsung, others in LCD price-fixing conspiracy
engadget.com - 10/27/2009
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engadget.com —
A cellphone without an LCD isn't much of
a cellphone. Alright, yes, there are exceptions to the...
rule, but generally speaking, LCDs still rule the industry which makes it a ripe target for nefarious price-fixing schemes to take root -- something ...
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AT&T sues LG, Samsung, others alleging LCD ...
xbitlabs.com - 10/16/2009
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AT&T sues Samsung, others in LCD price-fixing conspiracy
TechSpot —
AT has reportedly filed suit in San Francisco today against several major manufacturers of cell phone LCD screens, accusing them of a price-fixing conspiracy. The carrier says Samsung, LG, Chunghwa, AU Optronics and others consorted to artificially jack up prices on LCD displays. AT says it purchased some 300 million cell phones at exaggerated prices from companies involved in the scheme. More specifically, AT claims that Samsung and six other display makers "formed an international cartel illegally to restrict competition in the United States in the market for LCD ...
AT&T Accuses LCD Makers of Price Fixing, Sues Samsung and Others
Maximum PC —
AT&T has a bone to pick with several big-name LCD makers, and it will do it in court. The telco has sued a number of display manufacturers over allegedly fixing the price of more than 300 million mobile LCD screens.
Those on the receiving end of the lawsuit include Samsung, LG Display, Optronics, Sharp, and Chungwa. According to the lawsuit, the display makers "formed an international cartel illegally to restrict competition in the United States in the market for LCD panels."
AT&T called the whole situation a "conspiracy," accusing the defendants of agreeing to eliminate ...
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