Technology,
Civil Litigation,
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
Sep. 7, 2021
Chip manufacturers didn’t collude to fix prices, US judge rules
U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White found instead that the manufacturers operate in a legal oligopoly in which a few companies dominate the market.
Samsung, Micron and SK hynix will not have to face a class action alleging they colluded to fix the prices of dynamic random access memory chips, a federal judge ruled Friday.
U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White dismissed the antitrust claims against the DRAM manufacturers, rejecting allegations of a conspiracy to maintain inflated prices. He found that they operate in a legal oligopoly in which a few companies dominate the market.
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