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Seoul Semiconductor Sues TV Retailer Fry's Electronics for LED Patent Infringement
Sep 7, 2018Together with its affiliate Seoul Viosys Co Ltd, South Korean LED maker Seoul Semiconductor Co Ltd has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against consumer electronics ...
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US Court Bars Vulto Creamery From Cheese Production Over Food Safety Violations
Apr 4, 2018A US federal court has barred Vulto Creamery from manufacturing and selling its cheese products after the company was found to be the source of a Listeria outbreak that sickened eight people and killed two. As per the order of the US ...
Tags: cheese products, cheese
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FTC Challenges JM Smucker's Purchase of Wesson Oil Brand From Conagra
Mar 7, 2018J.M. Smucker’s proposed $285m purchase of Conagra Brands’ Wesson cooking oil brand has hit a roadblock with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) accusing the deal will reduce competition in the country for canola and vegetable ...
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Brazilian Court Blocks JBS's Proposed Transaction with Minerva
Jun 26, 2017A Brazilian federal court has blocked meat processing giant JBS’s proposal to divest its beef operations in three South American markets. JBS’ $300m sale of the select South American beef processing operations to rival ...
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Post Holdings Settles Egg Antitrust Class Action Lawsuit Against Michael Foods for $75m
Dec 16, 2016Post Holdings has agreed to settle the egg antitrust class action claims against its subsidiary Michael Foods in the US, with a $75m payment. A class action lawsuit, In re Processed Egg Products Antitrust Litigation, was lodged in 2008 in ...
Tags: Post Holdings, Egg
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Iraq's Parliament Votes to Ban Alcohol
Nov 18, 2016Iraq's parliament has passed a bill for a complete ban on the sale, import and production of alcohol. The law entitles the state to fine Iraqi dinars 25m ($21,000) for anyone violating the alcohol ban. However, the parliament ...
Tags: Alcohol, alcohol ban
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ExxonMobil Asks Federal Court to Invalidate New York Attorney General's Subpoena
Oct 25, 2016ExxonMobil today asked a federal court to invalidate a subpoena issued by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, calling investigations by New York and Massachusetts biased attempts to further a political agenda for financial gain. ...
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Hasbro and Fox News Anchor Settle $5m Lawsuit Over Harris Faulkner Hamster Toy
Oct 9, 2016In a statement, Faulkner and Hasbro said the lawsuit was ‘settled amicably,’ although no details have been released. Hasbro has settled a $5 million lawsuit with a Fox News anchor over a plastic toy hamster that shared her ...
Tags: Harris Faulker, Hasbro, lawsuit, Fox News
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Arnott's Slices Into War with Unilever's Mint Slice Ice Cream
Jul 28, 2016Biscuit producer Arnott's has lodged Federal Court action against ice cream manufacturer Streets, owned by Unilever, in an attempt to block the sale of its mint slice ice cream. The two companies had previously engaged in deals to ...
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Texas Association of Business Files Suit in Federal Court Against Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Jun 30, 2016The Texas Association of Business filed a lawsuit against the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC) in federal court to force the TABC to apply the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code in a fair, consistent and legal manner. Citing recent ...
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US Based Brewery Yuengling Agrees to Settle Clean Water Act Violations
Jun 27, 2016D.G. Yuengling and Son has agreed to pay $2.8m in civil penalty to settle the allegation of violating Clean Water Act (CWA) pretreatment discharge limits involving its two large-scale breweries near Pottsville, Pennsylvania. The company ...
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Different Food Industry Responses to Free Range Egg Farms Misleading Claim Fine
Apr 19, 2016Responses to last week’s Australian Federal Court’s decision to impose a $300, 000 penalty on Free Range Egg Farms (FREF) has attracted a strong reaction in food industry and food compliance circles. In a decision handed down ...
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FTC Sues Volkswagen for Cheating Consumers with Illegal Emission Devices
Apr 6, 2016US consumer watchdog the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed a lawsuit against Volkswagen for deceiving consumers with illegal devices in its cars. FTC said the German carmaker had carried out false advertising campaign to promote ...
Tags: FTC, Federal Trade Commison, Volkswagen, Illegal emission devices
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Nurofen Swallows Bitter Pill Over False Packaging Claims
Dec 25, 201522 Dec 2015 The manufacturer of Nurofen will be forced to pay millions of dollars in fines after a court found its packaging claims were misleading. The products in Reckitt Benckiser's Nurofen specific-pain range were advertised as ...
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Review of Business Disputes Among LED Manufacturers Throughout 2015
Oct 14, 2015In general, LED Manufacturers performed quite well over the past eight months in 2015. But competition among LED manufacturers intensified through price wars, patent disputes and fighting over distribution channel were overwhelming. A ...
