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Shenzhen Smoore, vape distributors seek dismissal of US antitrust case

( June 27, 2025, 22:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Shenzhen Smoore Technology and distributors of closed cannabis oil vaporizing systems sought dismissal of US price-fixing claims filed by direct purchasers, arguing that the law doesn’t prohibit a manufacturer from deciding how to distribute its own products, much less distributors from complying with those decisions. The companies said the purchasers, who allege they fill the relevant vaporizer devices with cannabis oil for resale only in states with legalized cannabis, engage in a business for which there is no interstate market under the Controlled Substances Act and cannot establish antitrust standing, which requires a legally cognizable injury to competition because “there is no such thing in a market Congress has abolished.”See attached....

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