Law
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Univar Inc. has agreed to pay $62 million to resolve allegations in the U.S. Court of International Trade that it illegally tried to avoid tens of millions of dollars in anti-dumping duties on Chinese-made saccharin by shipping it through Taiwan, prosecutors announced Tuesday… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Athena Diagnostics on Monday asked the full Federal Circuit to reconsider a February ruling by a split, three-judge panel that said its patent on an autoimmune disease diagnostic test is invalid under Supreme Court precedent because it claims only a natural law… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A pair of alcoholic beverage distribution companies have called off a proposed deal to join their businesses in the face of pressure from the Federal Trade Commission, which had been probing the planned merger, the regulator announced on Monday… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Häagen-Dazs has urged a California federal court to turn down an ice cream buyer’s bid to certify her proposed class suit claiming the Nestlé subsidiary violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act with unsolicited texts thanking customers who signed up for a rewards program… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Former Enron Corp. CEO Jeffrey Skilling cut a deal that ends a 16-year-old lawsuit brought by a group of investors over losses on $120 million of Enron debt purchased shortly before the energy giant’s 2001 collapse, according to filings made Friday in New York federal court… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 