By Leah Nylen ( December 16, 2014, 19:27 GMT | Insight) -- Employees and a union at a Maine printing paper mill have sued their employer, Verso Paper, and a Canadian company that plans to buy and then shutter the facility, alleging the plans are anticompetitive and intended to reduce competition in the market for coated printing paper. Verso hopes that the sale will solidify its position in the market along with the proposed acquisition of its largest rival, NewPage Holdings, plaintiffs said. The $1.4 billion NewPage transaction is under investigation by the US Department of Justice.Employees and a union at a printing paper mill in Maine have sued their employer, Verso Paper, and a Canadian company that plans to buy and then shutter the facility, alleging the plans are anticompetitive and intended to reduce competition in the market for coated printing paper....
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