New York Attorney General Sued RAM Makers

Yesterday, the Attorney General of the State of New York filed suit in Federal Court in Manhattan against a large number of RAM makers for price fixing. Some 30 other states are likely to join in a separate suit to be filed in San Francisco's Federal Court against memory makers. The NY AG is seeking damages on behalf of consumer who bought the allegedly over-priced RAM in computers, including Apple computers. The companies sued include Micron, Samsung, Infineon, Elpida, Hynix, Mosel-Vitelic Corp., Nanya Technology Corp. and NEC. Compensation for consumers is demanded. More... [Dana Baggett]