IN RE CAPACITORS ANTITRUST LITIGATION
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 IN RE CAPACITORS ANTITRUST MDL Case No. 17-md-02801-JD
LITIGATION
Case No. 14-cv-03264-JD
ORDER RE SPECIAL MASTER’S
REPORTS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
Re: Dkt. Nos. 821, 995
In this multi-district antitrust litigation in which defendants are alleged to have participated in a sprawling, international conspiracy to fix the prices of capacitors, the Direct Purchaser Plaintiff class (“DPPs”) has reached settlements with most of the defendants in their case. The settlements include the “Second Round Settlement” with defendants Hitachi Chemical and Soshin, to which the Court has given final approval. MDL Dkt. No. 249. When class counsel requested authorization to distribute the funds in that settlement, MDL Dkt. No. 381, class members Cisco Systems, Inc. (“Cisco”) and Aptiv Services US, LLC fka Delphi Automotive LLP (“Aptiv”) raised an issue about the…