Supreme Court Vitamin C Price-Fixing Decision Could Juice Litigation Against Foreign Businesses Broadly
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
US businesses in any industry could use the Supreme Court's ruling that federal courts have leeway in whether to recognize a foreign country's laws as applicable in a firm's defense against unfair business practices and similar civil complaints, say attorneys tracking class-action litigation vitamin C marketers Animal Science Products and Ranis Co. filed against multiple Chinese firms supplying the ingredient.
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