U.S. v. HUI HSIUNG

Nos. 12-10492, 12-10493, 12-10500, 12-10514.

758 F.3d 1074 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HUI HSIUNG, aka Kuma, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Hsuan Bin Chen, aka H.B. Chen, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AU Optronics Corporation, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AU Optronics Corporation America, Inc., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 10, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kristen C. Limarzi (argued), Peter K. Huston , Heather S. Tewksbury , E. Kate Patchen , Jon B. Jacobs , John J. Powers III , James J. Fredericks , and Adam D. Chandler , Attorneys, United States Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, Washington, D.C., for Plaintiff-Appellee United States of America.

Neal Kumar Katyal (argued), Christopher T. Handman , and Elizabeth Barchas Prelogar , Hogan Lovells U.S. LLP, Washington, D.C., for Defendant-Appellant Hui Hsiung; Michael A. Attanasio (argued) and Jon F. Cieslak , Cooley LLP, San Diego, CA, for Defendant-Appellant, Hsuan Bin Chen; Dennis P. Riordan (argued) and Donald M. Horgan , Riordan & Horgan, San Francisco, CA, and Ted Sampsell-Jones , William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, MN, for Defendants-Appellants AU Optronics Corporation and AU Optronics Corporation America; and John D. Cline , Law Office of John D. Cline, San Francisco, CA, for Defendant-Appellant AU Optronics Corporation America.

Dr. Chang C. Chen , Law Offices of Chang C. Chen, San Francisco, CA; John Shaeffer and Carole E. Handler , Lathrop & Gage LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Sang N. Dang and Andrew B. Chen , Blue Capital Law Firm, PC, Costa Mesa, CA, for Amicus Curiae Professor Andrew Guzman.

Before: SIDNEY R. THOMAS and M. MARGARET McKEOWN, Circuit Judges, and VIRGINIA M. KENDALL, District Judge.


OPINION

McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:

This criminal antitrust case stems from an international conspiracy between Taiwanese and Korean electronics manufacturers to fix prices for what is now ubiquitous technology, Liquid Crystal Display panels known as "TFT-LCDs."1 After five years of secret meetings in Taiwan, sales worldwide including in the United States, and millions of dollars in profits to

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