The judge in this case denied class certification, ruling that the plaintiffs failed to present “a viable methodology for establishing classwide antitrust injury and damages.” Retained by Joint Counsel for the Defense Judge Richard Seeborg of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California denied class certification to two groups of plaintiffs in a matter involving alleged price fixing by manufacturers of optical disk drives (ODDs). The plaintiffs claimed that the defendants engaged in bid rigging of certain direct purchasers’ prices of ODDs and that this alleged conduct was part of a larger industrywide conspiracy, causing prices for all direct purchasers to increase. Indirect purchaser plaintiffs claimed that the elevated ODD component costs were passed through to consu

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