As part of AMD’s long-running antitrust battle with rival chipmaker Intel, Federal District Judge Joseph Farnan has ordered Intel to product discovery evidence related to Intel’s business practices outside the UNited States. Earlier in December, the Special Master assigned to the case, Vincent Poppiti, ruled that Intel should turn over international discovery evidence, agreeing with AMD’s assertion the chip market was global in nature and Intel’s business conduct in that case spanned the globe.
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Samsung Exec Pleads Guilty in DRAM Case
The ongoing investigation into price fixing in the market for dynamic random access memory (DRAM) has chalked up another victory, as Young Hwan Park, president of Samsung’s U.S. subsidiary pleads guilty to violations of the Sherman antitrust act for having conspired to fix prices and eliminate competition in the DRAM market.
To date, 18 individuals and four companies have been charges in the U.S. Department of Justice’s probe into the DRAM market. So far, more than $730 million in criminal fines have been assessed in the case, making it the second-largest price-fixing case in U.S. history.
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