United States v. Hui Hsiung
Opinion
Lead Opinion
McKeown, J.
ORDER
The opinion filed on July 10, 2014, is amended. The amended opinion is filed concurrently with this order.
The full court has been advised of the petition for rehearing en banc and no judge has requested a vote on whether to rehear the matter.
The petition for panel rehearing and the petition for rehearing en banc are DENIED. Ño further petitions for panel rehearing or petitions for rehearing en banc will be entertained.
OPINION
This criminal antitrust case stems from an international conspiracy between Taiwanese and Korean electronics manufacturers to fix prices for what, is now ubiquitous technology, Liquid Crystal Display panels known as “TFT-LCDs.” 1 After five years of secret meetings in Taiwan, sales worldwide including in the United States, and millions of dollars in profits to the participating companies, the conspiracy ended when the FBI raided the offices of AU Optronics Corporation of America (“AUOA”) in Houston, Texas.
The defendants, AU Optronics (“AUO”), a Taiwanese company, and AUOA, AUO’s retailer and wholly owned subsidiary (collectively, “the corporate defendants”), and two executives from AUO, Hsuan Bin Chen, its President and Chief Operating…