Tech Law: AT&T Sues Over Alleged Price Fixing, ChoicePoint Fined in Data Breach, More

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A look at highlights of the past week in the high tech legal world: courts, regulation, and lawsuits.

AT&T claims price fixing — AT&T is suing a number of LCD panel manufacturers — including Samsung, LG Display, and AU Optronics — claiming price fixing. [Source: Barron's Tech Trader Daily]

Facebook out from under Power.com suit — A judge tossed out a lawsuit that Power.com filed against Facebook when the latter refused access to user profiles. [Source: All Things Digital]

Google tries navigating EU copyright laws — Google has tried carefully treading scanning books in the EU because of copyright laws, but many remain wary. [Source: CNET]

ChoicePoint fined in data breach — Data broker ChoicePoint was fined $275,000 for a data breach that exposed personal information of 13,750 people. [Source: CNET]

FCC moves ahead on net neutrality — The Federal Communications Commission unanimously voted to create regulations to keep the Internet open, but two Republican members say that they’re agreeing to a fact-finding process, not to final regulations. [Source: CNET]

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AT&T sues LCD makers for price fixing

Electronista - 111 days 12 hours 50 minutes ago

AT&T has filed a lawsuit in a federal court in San Francisco on Tuesday against Samsung, LG Display, AU Optronics and other LCD makers for allegedly colluding on fixing the price of display panels in the US. According to a Wednesday Bloomberg report, AT&T claimed Samsung and six others have formed an illegal international cartel meant to...
AT&T Suit Alleges Price Fixing In LCD Panels

Barron's Online - 111 days 11 hours 22 minutes ago

AT&T (T) has sued Samsung, LG Display (LPL), AU Optronics (AUO) and other makers OF LCD panels, alleging they colluded to fix prices in the U.S., Bloomberg reports. The suit was filed in federal court in San Francisco yesterday. The telco asserts in the complaint that defendants “formed an international cartel
BREAKING: AT&T suing LCD makers for alleged price fixing during 1996

IntoMobile - 111 days 9 hours 1 minute ago

This just hit the Dow Jones Newswire, emphasis added by me: AT&T has sued AU Optronics, LG Display, Samsung Electronics and other liquid-crystal display makers alleging price-fixing in the LCD market. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, alleges a “long-running conspiracy” from Jan. 1, 1996, to Dec. 11, 1996, to fix,...
AT&T sues LG, Samsung, others alleging LCD price-fixing 'conspiracy'

Engadget - 111 days 7 hours 38 minutes ago

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 that LG and Sharp are well-acquainted with coming off a stinging half-billion dollar verdict last...
Nokia Sues Samsung, Others for Price-Fixing

PC Magazine - 70 days 5 hours 28 minutes ago

"The liquid-crystal displays were incorporated into Nokia mobile wireless handsets," Nokia wrote in its suit. "[The companies] artificially inflated the price of liquid crystal displays ultimately incorporated into LCD products purchased by Nokia, causing Nokia to pay higher prices." Nokia also filed a similar suit in the UK