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List of largest price fixing settlements
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 * Sharp Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. and five other makers of liquid crystal display panels used in computers and televisions agreed to pay $538.6 million to settle antitrust claims by indirect purchasers. BusinessWeek, January 3, 2012
 * Samsung, LG Display Fined by China for Fixing LCD Panel Prices - $56.7 million, January 4, 2013, Jungah Lee, BusinessWeek
 * Computer memory-chip price fixing: Samsung - $300 million; Hynix - $185 million, October 13, 2005, BusinessWeek - TG Daily, February 8, 2007
 * Infineon, which in September, 2004, pleaded guilty to antitrust charges in the investigation. Less than three months later, four Infineon executives agreed to prison terms of up to six months and individual fines of up to $250,000 each for their role in the conspiracy.


 * Infineon execs plead guilty to price fixing, Financial Times


 * Infineon admits to DRAM price fixing, Sept 15 2004, Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica
 * German chip maker Infineon has admitted to fixing prices on RAM and will pay a US$160 million fine.


 * Elpida is latest in DRAM cartel to plead guilty to price fixing, Feb 1 2006, Ars Technica
 * Elpida will have to pay up US$84 million in fines


 * Rambus and a Price-Fixing Tale, October 30, 2005, BusinessWeek
 * The Justice Dept. has levied more than $600 million in combined fines against Hynix, as well as Samsung and Infineon, for price-fixing.


 * Samsung Settles DRAM Chip Anti-trust Case (US), $90 million, February 6, 2007, Moon Ihlwan, BusinessWeek - TG Daily, February 8, 2007
 * AU Optronics Fined $500 Million in U.S. for Price-Fixing (in US), September 21, 2012, Pamela Maclean, Karen Gullo, BusinessWeek
 * 3 TV display makers settle LCD price-fixing case, July 12, 2012, BusinessWeek
 * New York's attorney general says three Asia-based companies have agreed to pay $571 million to settle claims by officials in eight states that they conspired to inflate prices for liquid crystal display screens used in televisions and computer monitors.


 * $69 million settlement with e-book publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, and Simon & Shuster (in US), August 30, 2012, BusinessWeek - BusinessWeek, August 29, 2012 - BusinessWeek, August 29, 2012 - Ars Technica, May 15 2013 - Ars Technica, Feb 8 2013 - Ars Technica, June 7 2012 - Ars Technica, May 23 2013


 * Furukawa Electric to Pay $200 Million Fine for Price Fixing, September 29, 2011, Jeff Bliss, BusinessWeek
 * Three executives, Junichi Funo, Hirotsugu Nagata and Tetsuya Ukai, also agreed to plead guilty and to serve prison time in the U.S. ranging from a year and a day to 18 months


 * TV makers in record 1.47bn-euro fine for price-fixing (EU), 5 December 2012, BBC
 * BBC NEWS | Business | Price-fixing glass makers fined, 28 November 2007, BBC


 * Chipmakers fined €331m for price-fixing, May 19, 2010, Nikki Tait, Financial Times
 * Chipmaker cartel fined €331 million for DRAM price fixing, May 19 2010, Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica
 * Nine producers of memory chips – including Samsung, Infineon, Hynix and Toshiba – are to pay a total €331m ($409m) in fines, in the first settlement deal over cartel offences with the European competition authorities.


 * China cracks down on global LCD cartel, Financial Times


 * EU fines LCD panel makers $856 million for cartel, December 8, 2010, BusinessWeek - BusinessWeek, December 8, 2010


 * Visa, MasterCard $7.25 Billion Fee Deal Wins Approval, November 10, 2012, Christie Smythe, BusinessWeek


 * Labels pay to settle price-fixing suit, September 30, 2002, Lisa M. Bowman, CNet
 * Millions to get cash in CD antitrust settlement, June 15 2003, Ars Technica
 * class-action lawsuit against the music industry, March 29, 2004, FoxNews.com
 * The record labels agreed to settle — for $143 million


 * What the $1.1 billion LCD price-fixing settlement means for you, July 16, 2012, Chris Boyette, CNN Money


 * LCD manufacturers admit price fixing, fined $585 million, Nov 14 2008, Ars Technica - Ars Technica, Feb 5 2009
 * LG Display, Sharp, and Chunghwa Picture Tubes have agreed to plead guilty to allegations of price fixing.


 * Refunds for buyers as LCD firms agree price-fixing settlement, December 28, 2011, Emma Woollacott, TG Daily
 * Samsung, Sharp and five other LCD makers have agreed to pay more than $553 million to settle claims of price fixing.


 * Apple LCD suppliers to pay $1.12B in price fixing settlements, July 13, 2012, Sam Oliver, Apple Insider
 * The largest settlement payout will come from LG Display Co., which has agreed to pay $380 million in damages. AU Optronics Corp. will also settle for $170 million, while Toshiba Corp. agreed to pay $21 million.


 * Apple agrees to pay $450 million in e-book antitrust deal, 16 July 2014, David Kravets, Ars Technica
 * Apple agreed Wednesday to pay $450 million to settle an antitrust lawsuit accusing the company of conspiring with publishers to set the price of e-books.


 * Bosch fined $57.8 million by DOJ for price fixing and bid rigging, 31 March 2015, Autoblog.com
 * Saipem will appeal Algeria price fixing fine, February 9, 2016
 * Italian services firm Saipem said Wednesday that it will appeal a $37,000 fine handed down in connection with a corruption trial in Algeria.


 * Auschwitz price-fixing claims: Israel police arrest nine, 19 January 2016, BBC
 * Chile flushes out decade-long conspiracy to fix the price of toilet paper, 29 October 2015, The Guardian
 * Bosch fined $57.8 million by DOJ for price fixing and bid rigging, 31 March 2015, Autoblog.com
 * Saipem will appeal Algeria price fixing fine, February 9, 2016
 * Italian services firm Saipem said Wednesday that it will appeal a $37,000 fine handed down in connection with a corruption trial in Algeria.

—  Ark25  (talk) 13:27, 1 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Auschwitz price-fixing claims: Israel police arrest nine, 19 January 2016, BBC
 * Chile flushes out decade-long conspiracy to fix the price of toilet paper, 29 October 2015, The Guardian
 * South Africa - Tiger Brands admits to bread price-fixing, pays fine, 13 November 2007
 * Brazil seeks arrests in price-fixing scheme, MAR 28, 2014, Salon.com
 * We Must Break Money Transfer Monopolies in Africa, Says WorldRemit, businesswire.com
 * Booming Cotton No Boon to African Farmers Milked by Monopolies, July 19, 2011, Cam Simpson and Alan Katz, Bloomberg