( August 11, 2026, 15:32 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern notified the US Surface Transportation Board that they have received 413 discovery requests from interested parties in the regulatory review of their proposed merger. They said the scope of documents, communications, information, and data sought by the discovery requests was "unprecedented" and that it "far exceeds the needs of this proceeding." The railroads said they had produced more than 580,000 pages of documents and 1,800 GB of data in response to discovery requests.See file attachment. ...
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