( May 1, 2025, 22:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Juul Labs and HS Wholesale filed a reply in support of dismissing a third amended US complaint accusing them of engaging in illegal price discrimination. “After engaging in more than 4 years of discovery, [Power Buying Dealers] has had the opportunity to develop facts regarding the geographic markets it previously pled. Yet, in its [TAC], PBD removed all allegations that it and HSW competed at all, let alone for the same customers in the same geographic areas. The absence of these geographic market allegations is fatal,” they said. See attached file. ...
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