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Litigation

Feb. 8, 2013

California to host two major class actions, including lithium ion battery case

A judicial panel decided this week that California is the right venue for two major class actions, including one accusing a group of electronics companies of fixing prices of lithium ion batteries.


By Hadley Robinson


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Two major multidistrict class actions are coming to California.


After holding hearings in Orlando, Fla., the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation decided this week the Northern District of California is the proper venue for a large group of putative antitrust class actions accusing a group of electronics companies of fixing prices of lithium ion batteries.


The panel also ordered co...

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