
DC.Watch published an interview with Ricoh Imaging president Noboru Akahane – here is the Google translation:

After the New York State class-action lawsuit against Ricoh for Pentax cameras aperture defects was dismissed back in February, Law360 reports that a similar lawsuit was also thrown out by an Illinois federal judge (the full article is behind a paywall): Just a reminder that a similar class-action lawsuit was recently filed also n Pennsylvania: