On January 3, 2011, ALJ Theodore R. Essex issued Order No. 29 in Certain MLC Flash Memory Devices and Products Containing Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-683).

In the Order, ALJ Essex granted a joint motion filed by Complainant BTG International and Respondents Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics America, Inc., Samsung Semiconductor, Inc., Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC, Apple, Inc., ASUStek Computer, Inc., ASUS Computer International, Inc., Dell Inc., Lenovo (United States) Inc., Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., PNY Technologies, Inc., Sony Corporation, Sony Electronics Inc., and Transcend Information, Inc., to terminate the investigation as to all respondents based on a settlement agreement.