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Criminal

Mar. 15, 2012

AUO convicted in criminal price fixing trial

After a two-month trial, the only LCD panel maker to fight the government's criminal price-fixing allegations was convicted Tuesday by a Northern District jury.


By Jill Redhage


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - After a two-month trial, the only LCD panel maker to fight the government's criminal price-fixing allegations was convicted Tuesday by a Northern District jury. It was the first cartel case against a major public company to go to trial in this district in more than a decade.


Taiwan-based AU Optronics Corp. and its American subsidiary were found guilty of conspiring with competitor...

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