The mineral resources needed to make batteries could become strained as global demand rises, but researchers at Georgia Tech say they may have found viable alternatives to traditional lithium battery construction.
Read moreA federal judge granted final approval Thursday to three settlements in the sprawling lithium ion battery antitrust case. Of the $139 million settlement fund for direct purchasers, $41.5 million will come from LG Chem, $24.5 million from Samsung, $4.95 million from NEC Tokin, and $45 million will go to attorneys’ fees.
Read moreA federal judge refused Monday to certify a class of indirect purchasers in long-running litigation over the alleged price-fixing conspiracy of lithium ion batteries.
Read moreMore than 120 lawsuits were filed across the United States in 2017 by plaintiffs claiming they were hurt in explosions and fires caused by e-cigarette batteries.
Read moreA federal judge on Friday granted preliminary approval to three settlements in the sprawling lithium ion battery antitrust case: $41.5 million from LG Chem, $24.5 million from Samsung and $4.95 million from NEC Tokin.
Read moreU.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers gave final approval to settlement of All Indirect Purchasers claims against Hitachi Maxell, NEC, and LG Chem, in lithium ion batteries antitrust litigation.
Read moreEvery time you fire up your iPad, Prius or bicycle headlamp, you’re probably using the chemistry of lithium. And a new study published Wednesday by Stanford University reveals how to help make America lithium independent – by harvesting lithium from supervolcanoes.
Read moreA window treatment company wrongly blamed its battery supplier instead of flaws in its product for motorized blinds overheating and catching on fire, the supplier claims in a lawsuit filed Monday.
Read moreToshiba and two other top battery producers will pay a combined $7.45 million to settle antitrust class action claims that they conspired to raise the price of lithium ion batteries for more than a decade.
Read moreA federal judge Wednesday denied certification to two proposed classes of plaintiffs in a sprawling antitrust case accusing electronics firms of fixing the prices of lithium ion batteries for more than a decade.
Read moreFollowing months of uncertainty, a federal judge granted approval Monday of settlements Sony and other reached in an antitrust class action accusing the companies of inflating the prices of lithium ion batteries for more than a decade.
Read moreA federal judge Tuesday held off approving settlements by LG Chem, Hitachi Maxell and NEC Corp. in an antitrust class action accusing them of rigging prices of lithium ion batteries, calling the information given to her “pretty sparse.”
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