( August 21, 2026, 22:32 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: A proposed class of cannabis oil vape consumers filed second amended US antitrust claims against Shenzhen Smoore Technology Co., Jupiter Research LLC, Greenlane Holdings, 3Win, and CB Solutions, accusing the defendants of conspiring not to compete for each other's customers and enforcing "minimum allowed prices" for CCELL brand cannabis vapes sold at the wholesale level. Smoore organized, facilitated, and enforced horizontal and vertical agreements between the distributor defendants in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, adversely impacting intrabrand competition in the relevant market by barring the distributors from selling non-CCELL vapes, among other restraints, the complaint filed in the Northern District of California said.See attached document:...
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