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Antitrust
Sherman Antitrust Act
Price Fixing, Market Allocation, Bid Rigging

In re Dynamic Random Access Memory (Dram) Antitrust Litigation

Published: Feb. 8, 2014 | Result Date: Jan. 17, 2014 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |

Case number: 4:02-md-01486-PJH Settlement –  $310,720,000

Facts

Plaintiffs filed a class action against various defendants, based on allegations that they engaged in antitrust violations in connection with the sale of DRAM, a type of memory that is commonly used in personal computers.

Contentions

PLAINTIFF'S CONTENTIONS:
Plaintiffs accused defendants of engaging in price fixing, market allocation, and bid rigging in connection with the manufacture and sale of DRAM.

DEFENDANT'S CONTENTIONS:
Defendants denied plaintiffs' allegations.

Result

The parties settled for $310,720,000. Each defendant's contribution to the Settlement Fund is as follows: Elpida $4,259,948; Hitachi $5,600,000; Hynix $49,971,842; Infineon $29,113,776; Micron $66,774,984; Mitsubishi $5,600,000; Mosel $2,848,900; Nanya $3,823,200; NEC $20,277,350; Samsung $113,000,000; Toshiba; $7,450,000; Winbond $2,000,000, for a total of $310,720,000.


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