Overview
- Five lawsuits filed Wednesday in Dallas state court on behalf of dozens of Ukrainians accuse Intel, AMD, Texas Instruments and distributor Mouser of enabling diversion of semiconductors into Russian weapons used in lethal attacks.
- The complaints, led by attorneys Mikal Watts and James “Jamie” Shaw, seek more than $1 million per suit and allege gross negligence, wrongful death, fraudulent concealment and conspiracy to evade export restrictions to Russia and Iran.
- Plaintiffs point to forensic inspections and a 2025 investigation tracing Western-made chips through Serbia, Hong Kong and Sri Lanka, linking components to five attacks from 2023 to 2025 including the July 8, 2024 strike on Kyiv’s children’s hospital.
- Mouser said it will respond in court, while Intel, AMD and Texas Instruments have stated they comply with U.S. sanctions, and Texas Instruments has said it opposes any military use of its products in Russian equipment.
- The suits assert only Texas state-law claims and were filed in Texas rather than Ukraine for safety reasons, and the litigation is at an early stage with defendants not yet served.