Consumers are taking action against alleged antitrust violations by optical disc drive manufacturers. Consumers may have overpaid for disc drives used in personal computers or drives in common items such as CD, DVD, and Blue-ray DVD disc drives and devices. Manufactures allegedly manipulated optical disc drive prices in the United States, causing consumers to pay higher prices for optical disc drives than they otherwise would have paid in an open, competitive market.
The United States Department of Justice recently acknowledged it was commencing an investigation into anticompetitive practices in the optical disc drive industry. The optical disc drive subsidiaries of Sony, Hitachi, and Toshiba have received subpoenas from the Justice Department.
If you have directly purchased an optical disc drive, or a product containing an optical disc drive directly from Sony Corp., Sony Optiarc Inc., Sony Optiarc America Inc., Toshiba Corp., Samsung Electronics Co., Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Corp., Hitachi, Ltd., LG Corp., Hiachi-LG Data Storage Inc., or NEC Corp., you may have the right to seek compensation for sums you overpaid when buying an optical disc drive.
For more information, to learn about your rights, or to participate in litigation against optical disc drive manufacturers for overcharging consumers, please call 1-619-573-1700.