AU Optronics Corp. ("AUO") filed a petition for a writ
of certiori in Hui Hsiung, et al. v. United States of
America on March 16, 2015, seeking Supreme Court review of the
Ninth Circuit's 2014 decision that upheld the convictions of
AUO and its former executives for their participation in a global
cartel to fix the price of liquid crystal display ("LCD")
panels. The United States Department of Justice, Antitrust
Division, which had tried AUO and its former executives in the
district court in San Francisco, filed its brief in opposition to
the petition on May 15, 2015 and petitioners filed a reply on May
22, 2015.
The Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, proved at trial
that the Taiwanese company AUO, its US subsidiary, and two top
executives, Hsuan Bin Chen and Hui Hsiung, plotted to fix the price
of LCD panels, with effects on the United States market for LCD
panels. The company was fined $500 million for criminal
price-fixing. Both former directors were
