Tag: Samsung
South Korea: KFTC steps up pressure on Samsung
South Korean regulators turned up the heat on Samsung over its complex ownership structure Reuters reported Thursday, May 10. The country’s antitrust chief said...
South Korea: Prosecutors probe Elliott Management over Samsung fight
Activist investor Elliott Management is being probed by prosecutors in South Korea, over the fight it initiated to oppose the merger of Samsung C&T...
US: Samsung, Micron, Hynix sued for alleged price fixing
Another class action lawsuit has been filed that alleges that Samsung, Hynix, and Micron conspired to limit the supply of memory, keeping consumer prices...
Africa: Samsung in talks for multi-year cobalt deal from Congo
According to a new report from Bloomberg, Samsung has joined Apple in taking an unprecedented step to secure cobalt supplies for its next-generation smartphones....
US: 9th Circ. Affirms Samsung antitrust win
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has rejected a bid by alleged patent troll Cascades Computer Innovation to revive an antitrust...
South Korea: Samsung Vice-Chair Appeals Bribery Conviction
Samsung Electronics vice chairman Jay Y. Lee is looking to appeal the five-year jail term he was recently given for bribery and other charges....
South Korea: Samsung leader found guilty of bribery and embezzlement
Samsung will have to operate without its acting leader for a few years, now that a South Korean court has found Lee Jae-yong guilty...
US: China’s Haier sues Samsung, LG over TV patents
Haier, a Chinese consumer electronics company, sued Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics as well as other electronics manufacturers for violating antitrust law in the...
South Korea: Antitrust watchdog to scrutinize 4 major conglomerates
The nominee to head South Korea's antitrust watchdog pledged Thursday to scrutinize four major conglomerates as he seeks to establish fair competition in Asia's...
US: Tech companies urge Trump not to drop FTC case against...
A coalition of technology companies including Samsung Electronics and Intel have urged President Donald Trump not to interfere with an Obama administration antitrust case...